12 Movies With High Rotten Tomatoes Scores That Are Actually Overrated

On the whole, Rotten Tomatoes can be a useful tool for audience members trying to get a quick snapshot of whether or not a movie is worth watching. At the very least, it gives you a general critics' consensus on a film, although whether that actually gives you a clear picture of your potential enjoyment of it is another story altogether. But for the most part, the movies that have a very high rating can be counted on to have a correspondingly high quality.

Is that always the case, though? Not quite. We've scoured through the website's top films and found a handful that — although they may be good, even great, movies in their own right — may not deserve the almost universal praise they've received. Are there controversial picks on this list? Yes there are. But the mere fact that we can hav