Another Netflix original film that has been criticized by critics and audiences alike sits at the top of the streamer’s top 10 movies list, despite complaints about Nicole Kidman and Zach Efron’s performances and chemistry as the protagonists of the era-era romance “A Family Affair. “”.
The film was the most-streamed English-language film the week of June 24-30, Netflix said, with 26. 8 million views.
With a critic score of 41% on Rotten Tomatoes and an even lower viewership score of 30%, the film joined other winning original films such as “Unfrosted” and “Mother of the Bride” that still managed to reach the top of Netflix. lists in 2017. su week of release.
“Trigger Warning,” a Netflix original film starring Jennifer Alba with 20% reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, the second-most-watched film of the week with 26. 3 million views (it was also number one last week despite its reviewership).
A 1997 Morgan Freeman film called “Kiss the Girls” was the third-most-watched film last week with 7. 1 million views, followed by Jennifer Lopez’s 2022 romantic comedy “Marry Me” (which left the streamer on June 29) with 4. 3 million views. million views, and “Ultraman: Rising” took the fifth position with 3. 7 million views.
The original “John Wick,” which recently debuted on Netflix, was viewed 3. 5 million times to take sixth place, “Dracula Untold” followed with 3. 3 million and “The Flash,” a DC movie that exploded at the box office when it opened last year. It was viewed 3. 3 million times after its first broadcast on the transmitter on June 25.
Two animated films released in theaters before their Netflix debut are hovering around the Top 10: “The Boss Baby” is in ninth position (2. 6 million views) and “The Super Marios Bros. “Movie” is on the list for the 16th week with $2. 5 million. points of view.
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Nicole Kidman, Joey King and Zac Efron.
New York Times critic Glenn Kenny said “A Family Affair” could be renamed “The Longest Eye Roll. “The Observer’s Emily Zemier said the dating dynamic “becomes awkward and awkward due to the lack of chemistry between its stars” and the Independent compares it unfavourably to a similar romance about the age difference published earlier this year. “It doesn’t have anything of the light, quiet adulthood of ‘The Idea of You. ‘And neither did any of their chemistry,” wrote critic Clarisse Loughrey.
Several cross-age romances have gained popularity in the last year, despite some complaints about the concept. In December, Netflix released a movie called “May December,” loosely based on the real-life trysts between instructor Mary Kay Letourneau and student Vili Fualaau in the 1990s (Letourneau was convicted of raping Fualaau when he was 12 and the two got married). after she raped Fualaau upon release from prison). This film, which intentionally portrayed these quotes as inappropriate, garnered widespread critical acclaim and earned an Academy Award nomination. A few months later, the movie “Miller’s Girl” was compared unfavorably to “May December” because it depicted a relationship between Jenna Ortega, 21, and Martin Freeman, 52, as her primary school instructor. The film reached number two on the Netflix charts. In April, however, it divided audiences and was criticized as “disgusting” and “totally out of its time in 2024. ” This spring, Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine starred in an e-book adaptation of “The Idea of You” as a 39-year-old mother dating her daughter’s favorite musician, a 20-year-old pop star. years. The film earned an 81% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and has avoided much of the complaints directed at “Miller’s Girl,” largely because there was no strong dynamic between the two men and Hathaway and Galitzine have been praised for their on-screen chemistry.
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