Netflix’s ‘Atlas’ and ‘Mother of the Bride’ Were Widely Panned — and They’re Also Two of the Streamer’s Biggest Movies of 2024 So Far
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Are there millions of people hate-watching movies on Netflix? Two of the streaming giant’s original films, sci-fi feature “Atlas,” starring Jennifer Lopez, and romantic comedy “Mother of the Bride,” starring Brooke Shields and Miranda Cosgrove, garnered notably poor reviews and audience-rating scores.
But both were among the most popular films on Netflix in the first half of 2024, according to the company’s latest massive data report: “Atlas” registered 77.1 million views worldwide and “Mother of the Bride” had 77.7 million.
Those metrics put both in the top 10 of Netflix’s most-watched movies for the first six months of the year — all the more remarkable because the report measured less than two months of viewing for those two titles: “Mother of the Bride” debuted May 9 and “Atlas” dropped on May 24. “Atlas” has a meager 19% critics score (based on 110 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes, and “Mother of the Bride” is even lower at 13% (48 reviews).
Variety‘s review of “Atlas” called it a “shrug-worthy sci-fi vehicle” representing an “underwhelming return to the kind of projects that have maintained Lopez’s place in the Hollywood firmament.” About “Mother of the Bride,” Variety gave it faint praise, calling it an “aggressively inoffensive rom-com.” For the sake of comparison, Netflix’s No.
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