Next Goal Wins
Summary
Next Goal Winshas earned Taika Waititi his worst Rotten Tomatoes score as a director . The new movie is an inspirational sports drama adapt from the 2014 infotainment of the same name . It stars Michael Fassbender as Thomas Rongen , a down - on - his - luck soccer four-in-hand who attempts to stave off being burn down by agreeing to coach the failing American Samoa home team . The ensemble cast of the movie also includes Oscar Kightley , Kaimana , David Fane , Rachel House , Beulah Koale , Will Arnett , and Elisabeth Moss .
Rotten Tomatoeshas now aggregated an official grudge forTaika Waititi’sNext Goal Wins . With 102 critics weighing in , the score has been count on to be a thoroughly Rotten 41 % . This is the depressed score for any movie the director has ever helmed . The only low rating for a project with Waititi attached is the 25 % score held by 2011’sGreen Lantern , in which he appeared as an actor .
Can Taika Waititi Pull Out Of This Rotten Tomatoes Slump?
TheNext Goal WinsRotten Tomatoes scoreis only the second time in his vocation that Waititi has directed a movie that was deem Rotten . The last sentence this occur was with his 2007 lineament directorial debutEagle vs. Shark , which currently holds a score of 57 % . However , his late workplace has been have diminishing critical returns despite remaining systematically Fresh . Check out a grievance chart of Waititi ’s recent directorial release below :
class
Title
RT Score
2014
What We Do in the phantasma
96 %
2016
hound for the Wilderpeople
97 %
2017
Thor : Ragnarok
93 %
2019
Jojo Rabbit
80 %
2022
Thor : Love and roar
63 %
His Rotten Tomatoes falling off began after his calling peak with 2016’sHunt for the Wilderpeople , and seems to be systematically trending downward whether he directs big - budget blockbuster tentpoles or midbudget dramedies like the Oscar - winningJojo Rabbit . conform theNext Goal Winstrue storywas a major jive outside of his previous comfort zone , but it has not pay off critically .
It remains to be seen if Waititi can draw himself out of the economic crisis continued by the RottenNext Goal Winsscore . The forthcoming features that the director will be helming will most likely see him splitting his time between budget levels again , as they include an untitledStar Warsmovie and an adaptation of the Kazuo Ishiguro novelKlara and the Sun . Only two of the 11Star Warslive - action at law movies have earned a Rotten grade , so that may assist boost his vista , though it may not , give the universal nature of his critical slump .
informant : Rotten Tomatoes
