Cameron Diaz’s huge Netflix comeback fizzles with abysmal 24% on Rotten Tomatoes

Cameron Diaz’s latest movie which marks her large comeback has garnered overwhelmingly unspeakable reviews arsenic it arrives connected Netflix.

Also starring Jamie Foxx and Glenn Close, Back In Action follows erstwhile CIA operatives Matt (Foxx) and Emily (Diaz) 15 years aft a ngo gone wrong.

Now surviving nether caller identities with their children, the duo are forced backmost into a beingness of espionage aft their concealed identities are exposed.

Directed by Seth Gordon, the movie was released connected Netflix earlier this period and marks Diaz’s archetypal movie since 2014’s Annie.

But Back successful Action has not been warmly received. At the time of writing, critics connected Rotten Tomatoes gave it an abysmal 24% rating.

It fared drastically amended from fans, scoring 62% connected the Popcornmeter.

In their review, The Guardian wrote: ‘While it mightiness beryllium that Diaz inactive possesses that aforesaid peculiar magic, it besides shows that she should beryllium acold much discerning with however she chooses to stock it.’

IndieWire said: ‘The uninspired publication drags successful each the incorrect places and the acceptable pieces neglect to dazzle, ensuring that the movie succeeds arsenic neither an enactment movie nor a comedy.’

Many praised Diaz’s show successful the film, but critiqued the ‘familiarity’ of the crippled that made the movie ‘predictable.’

Associated Press’ reappraisal stated: ‘Back successful movies aft much than a decade, Diaz retains her casual charm and has chemistry with Foxx. But this doesn’t mean their lines are comic oregon logical. Often, they are neither.’

Observer agreed, writing: ‘Cameron Diaz is backmost from semi-retirement, and she Jamie Foxx person existent charisma. But this muddled effort can’t determine if it’s an enactment movie, comedy, oregon household film.’

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The Wrap summarised: ‘It’s for films similar Back successful Action that the connection “mediocre” was invented, due to the fact that it’s not that this movie is bad. It’s not absorbing oregon ambitious capable to beryllium bad. It simply “is.”‘

It comes arsenic Hollywood icon Diaz, 52, revealed the 1 mode she would instrumentality for a sequel of her deed 1994 drama The Mask.

When asked astir the movie successful an interrogation with Access Hollywood, the 52-year-old Charlie’s Angel prima said she would instrumentality if her co-star Jim Carrey is besides keen.

‘If Jim’s connected board, I mean, I’ve been riding those coattails from time one!’ she said with a laugh.

Back In Action is disposable to watercourse present connected Netflix.

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