The Idea Of You's Rotten Tomatoes Score Reveals A Harsh Reality Of Anne Hathaway's 23-Year Career

Summary Anne Hathaway has achieved a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score of 83% with The Idea of You.

This success points out a discrepancy in the star's career, as just over a third of her movies have earned Fresh Rotten Tomatoes scores.

Hathaway's highest-rated film is 89%, but she lacks any movie with a score of 90% or above.

The Rotten Tomatoes score for The Idea of You exposes a harsh truth about Anne Hathaway's 23-year career. Hathaway stars in the Prime Video age-gap romance movie as single mother Solène Marchand opposite Red, White, & Royal Blue's Nicholas Galitzine as boy band lead singer Hayes Campbell, a figure loosely inspired by One Direction superstar Harry Styles. The movie, which was directed and co-written by Wet Hot American Summer star and The Big Sick director Michael Showalter, is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Robinne Lee.

The Idea of You star has been performing in movies since she was a teenager. After getting her start in young adult-oriented titles such as The Princess Diaries, its sequel The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement, and Ella Enchanted, she has taken on a number of roles in prominent titles. This includes a series of romantic comedies including Love & Other Drugs and Bride Wars, blockbuster franchise movies such as The Dark Knight Rises and Ocean's 8, and dramas like Les Misérables, for which she won her first Oscar. However, Rotten Tomatoes exposes an unfortunate truth about her career.

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The Idea Of You's Rotten Tomatoes Score Explained

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At the time of writing, The Idea of You reviews have been almost entirely positive, giving the movie a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score of 83%. While the score could still fluctuate as more reviews are added, 94 critics have already weighed in, giving the movie a statistically significant score that allowed the review aggregator service to determine that it is solidly Fresh. The movie has been praised for its tactful management of potentially controversial subject matter, its sincere approach to the central romance, and Anne Hathaway's performance in particular.

Throughout the week of its release, The Idea of You's Rotten Tomatoes score fluctuated between 82% and 88%.

At 83%, the movie ranks as the sixth best-reviewed movie in Hathaway's entire career. It has landed exactly between her under-the-radar 2016 kaiju comedy Colossal and the 2008 Jonathan Demme title Rachel Getting Married, for which she was nominated for her first Oscar. Below, see a breakdown of her Top 10 highest-rated movies on Rotten Tomatoes, with the exception of the 2013 feature Girl Rising (80%), a documentary that she narrated:

Title RT Score Dark Waters (2019) 89% Brokeback Mountain (2005) 88% The Cat Returns (2002) 88% The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 87% Rachel Getting Married (2008) 84% The Idea of You (2024) 83% Colossal (2016) 82% Eileen (2023) 82% Nicholas Nickleby (2002) 78% Armageddon Time (2022) 76%

Anne Hathaway Doesn't Have Any Movies At 90% Or Above On Rotten Tomatoes (But Should)

The Idea Of You Star Has Never Climbed Higher Than 89%

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With her highest-rated movie being 2019's Dark Waters at 89%, Anne Hathaway has never climbed above 90% on Rotten Tomatoes despite starring in many well-regarded movies. The same is true of her television appearances, as her highest score on that end comes from her voice role on The Simpsons, an iconic animated show that has an average score of 85%. In comparison, nearly every other major cast member of the movie has at least one title at 90% or above, including Nicholas Galitzine's Bottoms (90%), Reid Scott's I'll See You in My Dreams (93%), and Annie Mumolo's Joy Ride (90%).

This statistic comes as something of a surprise considering how many iconic movies Hathaway has starred in. In addition to being recognizable titles, many of them have been nominated for or have won Oscars including The Devil Wears Prada (75%) and Interstellar (73%). In fact, 2005's Brokeback Mountain, which only holds an 88% score on the platform, won three Oscars and was nominated for five more, including Best Picture.

Anne Hathaway Has More Rotten Movies Than Fresh Ones On Rotten Tomatoes

Just Over A Third Of Anne Hathaway Movies Are Fresh

Overall, of the 41 movies with Anne Hathaway performances that have received critic scores on Rotten Tomatoes, only 15 of them have been deemed Fresh, with the remaining 26 all earning Rotten scores. This means that only 36.6% of her movies, just over one-third, have been well-received critically. Part of this can be attributed to some of the choices the star and her management team have made, including starring in widely panned titles such as Bride Wars (10%), Valentine's Day (18%), and Alice Through the Looking Glass (29%), which have Rotten scores from both critics and audiences on the platform.

Some Anne Hathaway titles have been severely underrated by critics.

However, the audience scores for some of her Rotten movies may prove that some Anne Hathaway titles have been severely underrated by critics. Rotten movies that audiences liked include The Other Side of Heaven (30%), The Princess Diaries (49%), Get Smart (51%), Becoming Jane (58%), and The Intern (59%). Although the positive score for The Idea of You highlights this discrepancy in her career, it could also be an indication that better things are yet to come for the star, who is currently attached to upcoming titles including Mother Mary and Flowervale Street that may eventually earn 90% or more.

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