Summary
- Kristen Stewart's latest film, Love Lies Bleeding, received a 91% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, confirming her status as “fresh.”
- Stewart's “Fresh” streak on Rotten Tomatoes was interrupted by the less well-received album “Love Me,” but “Love Lies Bleeding” got her back on track.
- Stewart's 2020-2022 Fresh streak was the best of her career, as it was the first time she saw three films in a row with a score above 80%.
Kristen Stewart's new film Love lies bleeding is Certified Fresh on the Tomatometer, restoring her Fresh status after her previous 2024 film broke the Rotten Tomatoes career-best streak. Set in the 1980s, “Love Lies Bleeding” is an A24 romantic crime thriller about Lou (Stewart), a gym manager with family criminal ties, who falls in love with an aspiring bodybuilder named Jackie (Katy O' Brian) in love. “Love Lies Bleeding” is directed by Rose Glass, who co-wrote the screenplay with Weronika Tofilska. Since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2024 Love Lies Bleeding's reviews were overwhelmingly positive.
“Love Lies Bleeding” debuted with a 91% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes (via Rotten Tomatoes), joining 2014’s “Clouds of Sils Maria” as Stewart’s third-highest-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes . After its US theatrical release on March 8, 2024, the film score may appear on the Tomatometer varies as more critics review it, but at the time of writing Love Lies Bleeding remains Certified Fresh. This score brings Stewart is back on the “Fresh” path after her first “Rotten” film in four years upset the Rotten Tomatoes hit series.
Love Lies Bleeding hits theaters on March 8, 2024.
“Love Lies Bleeding” is a genre comeback from Kristen Stewart that’s been 22 years in the making. Directed by Rose Glass (Saint Maud), 2024's Love Lies Bleeding marks a definitive genre comeback from Kristen Stewart, 22 years in the making.“Love Lies Bleeding” brings Kristen Stewart’s Rotten Tomatoes scores back on track after “Love Me.”
Stewart had the best RT series of her career before its Sundance release.
The day before “Love Lies Bleeding” premiered at Sundance, Stewart's other film, “Love Me,” made its debut at the festival, but received a much worse critical reception. Directed by Sam and Andy Zuchero, their feature film debuts, Love Me is a post-apocalyptic romance film starring Steven Yeun opposite Stewart. Since its Sundance premiere on January 19th Love Me has a score of 48% on the Tomatometer at the time of writing, aggregated from 48 reviews from critics. Unfortunately, this Rotten score wiped out Rotten Tomatoes' record-breaking streak for Stewart in 2020-2022.
Before you love me, Stewart starred in three consecutive Fresh films, all of which scored above 80% on the Tomatometer for the first time in her career. After “Underwater” was deemed “rotten” by critics in 2020, Stewart launched a “Fresh” series later that year with the holiday romance “Happiest Season,” which has an 82% critic score. The following year, the historical drama Spencer, in which Stewart played Princess Diana, scored 83% on the Tomatometer. Stewart kept this “fresh” Trending with David Cronenberg's sci-fi horror Crimes of the Future in 2022, which has a score of 80% on the Tomatometer.
Kristen Stewart's 2020-2024 Rotten Tomatoes Scores | ||||
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Year | Film title | director | Critics Rating (Tomatometer) | Audience rating |
2020 | Underwater | William Eubank | 48% | 60% |
Happiest season | Clea DuVall | 82% | 72% | |
2021 | Spencer | Pablo Larrain | 83% | 52% |
2022 | Crimes of the future | David Cronenberg | 80% | 50% |
2024 | Love me | Sam & Andy Zuchero | 48% | N/A |
Love lies bleeding | Rose glass | 91% | N/A |
Stewart received her first Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Princess Diana in Spencer.
In her 23 year career Stewart has only seen two others “Fresh” series with three films. The most recent was in 2016, when three of her four films that year were rated “Fresh” on the Tomatometer. Two years earlier, all three of Stewart's 2014 films were also considered “Fresh” from critics. However, one in three films scored in the 70th percentile in both streaks, meaning Stewart's 2020-2022 Fresh streak was the best of her career. This record high was ruined by Love Me received a score of 48%, but fortunately Stewart quickly recovered when Love Lies Bleeding debuted a few days later with a 91%.
Kristen Stewart's previous “Fresh” streaks from three films | ||||
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Year | Film title | director | Critics Rating (Tomatometer) | Audience rating |
2014 | Camp x-ray | Peter Sattler | 74% | 63% |
Still Alice | Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland | 85% | 85% | |
Clouds from Sils Maria | Olivier Assayas | 91% | 65% | |
2016 | Personal shopper | Olivier Assayas | 81% | 53% |
Certain women | Kelly Reichardt | 92% | 51% | |
Café society | Woody Allen | 71% | 56% |
Why love lies: Bleeding's Rotten Tomatoes score is so high
What critics are saying about Kristen Stewart's new film.
According to Rotten Tomatoes, critics of “Love Lies Bleeding” agree that “Lust and violence collide to powerfully pulpy effect in “Love Lies Bleeding,” a well-acted addition to writer-director Rose Glass's growing body of exceptional work.” This seems to accurately reflect what most critics think of the sultry, bloodthirsty thriller Many praise Love Lies Bleeding's uncompromising commitment to evoking a combination of shock, disgust and intrigue in its audience through its graphically violent and bloody twists.
It also sounds like Love Lies Bleeding is making strides in the romance/action/thriller department.
Many critics emphasize how “heart-pounding” and “infectious” it is, suggesting this The fast pace and high energy of Love Lies Bleeding are major highlights. As Entertainment Weekly's Devan Coggan put it, Love Lies Bleeding is “a brutal, bloody and confusing ride.” This opinion is shared by other critics who, like Coggan, still had a “fun” despite the cinematic carsickness.
It also sounds like Love Lies Bleeding is making strides in the romance/action/thriller realm, with some critics calling it “genre-bending.” GQ's Esther Zuckerman described “Love Lies Bleeding” as “a lurid affair with tons of gore that feels like an homage to the pulpy thrillers of yore,” while Slant Magazine's Pat Brown described it as “an ode to treachery but ultimate value.” “romantic love”. Ultimately, Critics seem impressed by Glass's boldness and ambitionand I can't wait to watch the talented filmmaker continue on this provocative path.
Kristen Stewart's Rotten Tomatoes score shows how far she's come since Twilight
Stewart's career has been very different since she left Bella Swan behind.
Including Love lies bleeding which gave Stewart one of the highest Tomatometer ratings of her career, Stewart's Rotten Tomatoes scores over the past few years show how much her choice of roles has improved since her Twilight days. Stewart rose to fame for her role as Bella Swan in the 2008 film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's vampire romance novel Twilight, along with its four sequels, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Breaking Dawn Part 2″. The films were significantly more popular. However, they were better received by audiences than by critics, as all five Twilight films were rated “Rotten” on the Tomatometer.
Critical reviews of Stewart's films have certainly improved on average since the Twilight era, proving that her career has come a long way.
Nevertheless, Twilight made Stewart famous, which led to many more film roles. Unfortunately, Most of her films during the Twilight era (2008-2012) turned out to be rotten. 2011's “Welcome to the Rileys” sits at 54% on the Tomatometer, while their other two non-Breaking Dawn Part 2 films from 2012 – “Snow White and the Huntsman” and “On the Road” – respectively are in the 40th percentile. While her Tomatometer status hasn't necessarily always been “Fresh” in recent years, the critical reviews of Stewart's films have certainly improved on average since the Twilight era, proving that her career has come a long way.
Kristen Stewart's Rotten films during the Twilight era (2008-2012) | ||||
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Year | Film title | director | Critics Rating (Tomatometer) | Audience rating |
2008 | dusk | Catherine Hardwicke | 49% | 72% |
2009 | The Twilight series new moon | Chris Weitz | 28% | 61% |
2010 | The Twilight Saga Eclipse | David Slade | 46% | 60% |
Welcome to the Rileys | Jake Scott | 54% | 58% | |
2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 | Bill Condon | 25% | 60% |
2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 | Bill Condon | 49% | 70% |
Snow White and the Huntsman | Rupert Sanders | 49% | 52% | |
On the way | Walter Salles | 46% | 34% |
Sources: Rotten Tomatoes, Entertainment Weekly, GQ, Slant Magazine
Love lies bleedingLove Lies Bleeding is an action crime film from A24. Directed by Rose Glass, Love Lies Bleeding follows a gym employee, played by Kristen Stewart, and a bisexual bodybuilder (Katy O'Brian) who discover how difficult the world of competitive bodybuilding is. The film also stars Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco and Ed Harris.
director Rose glass
Release date March 8, 2024
Studio(s) A24, Film4
writer Rose glass, Weronika Tofilska
Pour Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, Ed Harris
Duration 104 minutes