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The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster.Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella Who Goes There?, it tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", an extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates, other organisms.
On review website Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 73% based on 270 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Some may find its dark tone and slender narrative off-putting, but Spike Jonze's heartfelt adaptation of the classic children's book is as beautiful as it is uncompromising."
The DVD release received mixed reviews in the early 2000s, with a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics praised the action sequences, but criticised the story and slapstick anime style. IGN concluded that "it fails as an adaptation but succeeds as a fun Jackie Chan flick."
Prior to helming Wild Things, McNaughton had made a name for himself as the director of acclaimed but little-seen films like 1986's Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and 1993's Mad Dog and Glory ...
Rotten Tomatoes logo. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, a film has a rating of 100% if each professional review recorded by the website is assessed as positive rather than negative. The percentage is based on the film's reviews aggregated by the website and assessed as positive or negative, and when all aggregated reviews are ...
"Kraven the Hunter" has the second lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of the entire Spider-Man movie franchise. It's low, but one film was even lower. 'Kraven the Hunter' got a 14% Rotten Tomatoes score.
The Thing premiered on October 10, 2011, and was released on October 14, 2011. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing only $31.5 million worldwide on a budget of $38 million, and received mixed reviews from critics, with many comparing it unfavorably to the 1982 film.
Emma Stone's latest movie Kinds of Kindness has achieved near-perfection on Rotten Tomatoes after premiering at Cannes Film Festival.. At the time of writing, this absurdist anthology directed by ...