Paddington 2 is no longer the top-rated movie on Rotten Tomatoes after a negative review from 2017 was added to the site.
Last month, Paul King's sequel became the aggregator's most positively reviewed film after a negative reaction to Orson Welles' classic Citizen Kane was dug up after 80 years. Now, Paddington 2 has suffered the same fate after a 2 out of 5 star review from Eddie Harrison of film-authority.com was added.
“This is not my Paddington Bear," he writes. "But a sinister, malevolent imposter who should be shot into space, or nuked from space at the first opportunity. Over-confident, snide and sullen, this manky-looking bear bears little relation to the classic character, and viewers should be warned; this ain’t yo mamma’s Paddington bear, and it won’t be yours either. Maybe if you’ve never seen the tv show and don’t know any better, this’ll work, but long-term Paddington fans will find this too much to bear.”
Harrison claims that his review is not new, as he gave his reaction to the movie during a BBC Radio segment when it was released in 2017. Even if that's true, it doesn't explain why he only decided to add it now. Clearly, this man has no joy whatsoever in his life.
In all seriousness, nobody really puts that much stock in RT scores, anyway, and just because a movie has a "perfect" rating, doesn't make it the "greatest movie of all time."
The most positively-reviewed accolade now goes to Debra Granik's superb 2018 drama Leave No Trace starring Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie, which sits at 100% with 238 ratings and is now unequivocally the greatest movie of all time.
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Mark Cassidy is a writer, photographer, amateur filmmaker, and Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic from Dublin, Ireland.