Despite earning positive first reactions in advance screenings, Emma Mackey and Jack Lowden's new movie Ella McCay has landed a savagely low score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Mackey leads the star-studded cast as the titular heroine, an idealistic 34-year-old lieutenant governor in an unnamed US state in 2008.

When the state's incumbent governor takes a job in the upcoming Obama administration, Ella finds herself with a new gig and bigger responsibilities to take on as she juggles her family life with husband Ryan (Lowden), Aunt Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) and absent dad Eddie (Woody Harrelson).

Written and directed by James L Brooks, who co-created The Simpsons , Ella McCay is currently at a 22% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes out of 27 reviews. The score may vary after more reviews come

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