8 Movies Critics Loved That Regular People Just Shrugged At. Pick a Side, I Already Did.

Critics handed out gold stars. Audiences checked their phones. Somebody is wrong on every one of these, and I'm saying who.

Number one got a D+ from audiences. Critics called it brilliant. Critics win.

1. 8
   Good Boy (2025)5.9

   Critics are right. The dog gimmick legit works.

   90% on Rotten Tomatoes, a B CinemaScore, $6.6M domestic. Indy the dog out-acts half this list and never once asks for a bigger trailer.
2. 7
   Together (2025)6.1

   Side with critics. It's a date night dare.

   89% on Rotten Tomatoes, then a C+ CinemaScore. Turns out audiences don't love watching Dave Franco and Alison Brie get clingy in the very literal, very gross way.
3. 6
   Materialists (2025)5.2

   Audiences win this one. It's colder than it thinks.

   77% from critics, 6.2 on IMDb. It still made $107.9M worldwide on a reported $20M, so people showed up. They just left arguing in the parking lot.
4. 5
   The Naked Gun (2025)6.0

   Critics are right. Deadpan Liam Neeson is a gift.

   88% on Rotten Tomatoes and $102.1M worldwide on a reported $42M. Audiences gave it a 6.3 on IMDb, which is a weird way to say you laughed.
5. 4
   Black Bag (2025)6.7

   Critics win by a mile. Best grown-up spy movie in years.

   96% on Rotten Tomatoes, 85 on Metacritic, Guru's Take 8.1. Then just $21.5M domestic on a reported $50M to $60M budget. Cate Blanchett deserved crowds.
6. 3
   Babygirl (2024)4.5

   Audiences are wrong. Nicole Kidman took the biggest swing here.

   Metacritic 79, IMDb 5.7. Yet $64.7M worldwide on a reported $20M means plenty of people watched, then rated it like they were embarrassed to admit it.
7. 2
   Presence (2024)4.9

   Audiences have a point. The camera beats the ghost.

   88% on Rotten Tomatoes, C+ CinemaScore. Steven Soderbergh shot a whole haunting from the ghost's view for a reported $2M. Neat trick, thin scares.
8. 1
   Die My Love (2025)4.2

   Critics are right. That D+ is a badge of honor.

   A D+ CinemaScore against 75% on Rotten Tomatoes. Jennifer Lawrence gives Lynne Ramsay everything, Robert Pattinson mostly watches. Brutal to sit through. That's the point.

$619 says the Die My Love defenders and the D+ crowd fill the comments before Black Bag gets a single vote.

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