A MINECRAFT MOVIE's Rotten Tomatoes Score Revealed As First Reviews For The Video Game Adaptation Drop

A MINECRAFT MOVIE's Rotten Tomatoes Score Revealed As First Reviews For The Video Game Adaptation Drop

The reviews are in for A Minecraft Movie and, while we've rounded up some of the early verdicts, its Rotten Tomatoes score might tell you everything you need to know. You can find out more here...

By JoshWilding - Apr 03, 2025 11:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Video Games
Source: GameFragger.com

The review embargo has been lifted for A Minecraft Movie, and so far, they're largely mixed. In fact, it's landed on Rotten Tomatoes with 52%, a "Rotten" score that could result in it becoming the latest big-budget 2025 release to underperform thanks to negative reviews. 

If that happens, it's bad news for Warner Bros. Pictures and, more specifically, current studio chiefs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy. David Zaslav is already said to be exploring leadership alternatives after the likes of Joker: Folie à Deux and Mickey 17 bombed, so another flop will seal their fate (and might be good news for current DC Studios' co-CEO Peter Safran).

52% puts A Minecraft Movie in the same ballpark as Rampage, Tomb Raider, and Mortal Kombat. However, it's also not too far behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie's 59%, which managed to gross over $1.3 billion worldwide in 2023 with a similarly "Rotten" score.

With that in mind, don't count A Minecraft Movie out quite yet!

The Hollywood Reporter's review concludes, "We live in a world of low-effort reboots, unnecessary remakes and movies operating as extensions of corporate brands. Another one of these gluttonous projects is hardly surprising. What makes A Minecraft Movie so dispiriting is how it fails to spark the imagination, betraying a core tenet of the game on which it’s based."

Variety adds, "Some of this is amusing, but like the rest of 'A Minecraft Movie' it never feels like it matters. Yet it’s no insult to say that, in this case, that may be more true than not to the spirit of a video game that turns life into a blockhead version of itself."

Jack Black is praised by Total Film, as are filmmaker Jared Hess' "indie sensibilities." The review notes, "The special effects could be better, as could the female roles. But this remains an entertaining fantasy adventure that makes light work of what might appear to be unpromising source material." 

The Guardian, meanwhile, was disappointed to see it fail to reach the same heights as Dungeons and Dragons but called it "an enjoyable if hectic experience nonetheless." Screen Rant says it's "far too empty to be given a second thought, which is unfortunate considering it had some potential." 

IGN explains, "Thematically, A Minecraft Movie offers a pat world-is-what-you-make-it lesson, but Jack Black and Jason Momoa in particular sell it with a lot of comic enthusiasm."

So, it's a mixed bag in terms of reviews. Only time will tell how critic-proof a property like Minecraft is and whether this big screen adaptation is a big enough draw this coming weekend, particularly after Captain America: Brave New World and Snow White both underperformed (theaters remain in desperate need of a hit).

Will you be watching A Minecraft Movie this weekend, even if it's just for the 5-minute Superman preview? 

Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits - Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison, Henry, Natalie, and Dawn - find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination.  

To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve. Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative...the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world. 

With a cast led by Black (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) and Jason Momoa (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom), A Minecraft Movie also stars Emma Myers (Wednesday), Danielle Brooks (Peacemaker), Sebastian Eugene Hansen (Just Mercy), and Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus). 

A Minecraft Movie will be released in theaters on April 4, 2025. 

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vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 4/3/2025, 11:11 AM
To be fair, it might beat Ne Zha 2 in China after 9 weeks straight no 1
Evansly
Evansly - 4/3/2025, 11:12 AM
So it appears to be an average adaptation with that rating. Here is to hoping it isn't a completely miserable experience when I see it with my kids
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 4/3/2025, 2:55 PM
@Evansly - Probably fun for kids but a complete brain melting shutdown for adults.
Evansly
Evansly - 4/3/2025, 3:57 PM
@Mercwitham0uth - Picking a theater with drinks might be a safe bet
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 4/3/2025, 4:15 PM
@Evansly - Better take an Uber for that one.
Evansly
Evansly - 4/3/2025, 4:18 PM
@Mercwitham0uth - I'm sure it'd make it better or other things but I'll just be enjoying it with some popcorn.

Uber and drinks will come with Thunderbolts
elgaz
elgaz - 4/3/2025, 11:23 AM
Having skimmed many of the RT reviews, general consensus seems to be kids will love its zaniness, adults not so much. Will still take my boy to see it this weekend.
AnEye
AnEye - 4/3/2025, 11:27 AM
@elgaz - Same, taking all the kids Saturday afternoon. They are pumped let me tell you lol.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 4/3/2025, 12:16 PM
@elgaz - Which when first announced is kinda what I expected, idealy the parents should love the movie too but...

...more oft than not when trying to appeal to kids the adult writers no longer fully get what kids would buy into or go too heavily into making it fun for the younglings forgeting the parents who could be averse to taking them if not enuff for them.

I hoped as I do for all films it would be good and enjoyed by those who were invested to go watch and still hope it does OK at the BO as theatres need the wins but it is what it is and will be what it will be.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/3/2025, 11:24 AM
Boycott the majors studios until they ease up with all the wokeness.
tmp3
tmp3 - 4/3/2025, 11:56 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Your boy Donny just destroyed the economy, jack-ass. Maybe try living in the real world for once
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 4/3/2025, 12:06 PM
@tmp3 - I guess the last 4 years just disappeared from memory just like Joe Biden.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 4/3/2025, 1:07 PM
@tmp3 - to be fair, the economy was a shit show before he got in too. It's just even worse now lol
tmp3
tmp3 - 4/3/2025, 1:39 PM
@McMurdo - Markets were incredible last fall lmao
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 4/3/2025, 1:50 PM
@tmp3 - This is true, but to be fair, the stock market does not equal the economy. Not defending anyone, just stating the distinction.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 4/3/2025, 11:30 AM
I mean, this is probably gonna make bank regardless, given just how popular the franchise is, especially with kids.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 4/3/2025, 11:47 AM
Looks similar to the recent Jumanjis, except instead of the Rock as the Rock you have Jason Momoa dressed as the 80s.
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 4/3/2025, 11:52 AM
@Reeds2Much - I'm glad we never dressed like that in the 80s.
dragon316
dragon316 - 4/3/2025, 4:53 PM
@Reeds2Much - not sure if it’s movie he look he gained weight
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 4/3/2025, 11:51 AM
My kids loved the game when they were little. I never understood the appeal. Dragon's Lair, on the other hand......
dragon316
dragon316 - 4/3/2025, 4:54 PM
@JacobsLadder - all I know you make stuff not very good stuff but stuff not sure if there if there soslocstory mode to it
Fogs
Fogs - 4/3/2025, 11:59 AM
This will make bank, good or not.

MC is a phenomenon.
Fogs
Fogs - 4/3/2025, 12:00 PM
Plus if it gets anywhere over 500/600M, we can certainly expect a Roblox movie next.
NGFB
NGFB - 4/3/2025, 12:11 PM
How is Jack Black still in movies? And is Rotten Tomatoes still a thing?
dragon316
dragon316 - 4/3/2025, 4:53 PM
@NGFB - as long people let strangers critics and reviews tell them what to see in entertainment guess so people see movie score below 40 never saw movie they reaction they will not see it instead of judge for there own opinion but if they want rotten tomatoes critics tell them what to do in life they may as like movie avatar, the revenant
dragon316
dragon316 - 4/3/2025, 4:51 PM
Never played like game movie looks better for fun time
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 4/3/2025, 5:58 PM
I enjoyed the movie despite never having played the game.

Jimanji is better, but it's a solid fun movie.
6.5/10

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