Lee Daniels’ new Netflix horror movie continues a disappointing 11-year run after The Butler

Lee Daniels’ Netflix-trending horror movie The deliverance Continuing a “rotten” streak with critics that has prevailed since the director’s 2013 historical drama, The butler. Netflix The deliverance Succeeded several Daniels-directed films that either sank or swam with critics. Daniels’ directorial debut, Shadowboxerwas his first critical flop – but he was able to follow it up with the sensational book-to-film adaptation, Expensivewhich was a great success with critics, who scored it with a certified fresh approval rating of 92% on Rotten tomatoes. Despite Daniels’ general directorial introduction, Expensive helped raise anticipation for his 2013 movie, The butler.

for the most part, The butler Met critics’ expectations, as demonstrated by a positive 78% RT Tomatometer score. Even more, the film became Daniels’ highest-grossing movie to date, earning $177.3 million worldwide (via Box Office Mojo). However, the report Daniels built with critics as a result of Expensive And The butler’s Outstanding performances would come to take a severe turn. Since The butlerDaniels has yet to direct a movie that has an impact with criticsEven though the films drew impressive crowds or rated high with general audiences.

The Deliverance continues Lee Daniels’ “rotten” scoring trend after the Butler

The Deliverance received an approval rating of 32% from critics

The deliverance has performed well since its release on August 30 on Netflix. For the week of August 26 to September 1, The deliverance Ranked third on Netflix’s Global Top 10 chart with 14.5 million views and 27.3 million hours watched. Currently, it sits in the number 1 spot on Netflixs Top 10 US it. Movies. Despite all this, Critics have come to a condemnatory consensus on Daniels’ supernatural horror, with an appalling 32% RT score And continue a “rotten” streak that began with The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

Whereas The deliverance has proven his ability to draw crowds, The United States vs. Billie Holiday played his hand to impress general audience. The 2021 biographical drama about singer Billie Holiday earned a 79% audience approval score. nevertheless, It didn’t go down so well with critics. Combined, the disappointing critical scores of The deliverance And The United States vs. Billie Holiday – which holds a lowly 55% critical approval rating – forming a trend that can only be broken by a future Daniels-directed project. At the moment, Daniels does not have any upcoming projects lined up under his direction.

Why the Deliverance’s reviews are so negative

Critics hit The Deliverance as unoriginal

Under The deliverance Mostly negative reviews, critics may find some bright spots. The deliverance Aiming to document the haunting of the Jackson family, and amidst the supernatural events, critics gave props to the film’s layered family history and cast performances. of The Deliverance Cast of characters came standout performances from Andra Day as Ebony Jackson and Glen Close as her mother, Alberta Jackson. unfortunately, The film’s clichéd genre tropes and predictable plot line overpower the potential The deliverance Had in her cast and family dramaMaking it hard to gauge it as anything but another unoriginal horror movie.

The audience reception of The deliverance Shared the same sentiments altogether but gave it just a little more credit. With 250+ ratings, general audiences gave Daniels’ film a 49% score, with seating The deliverance Feeling nostalgic and exploring themes of faith and family trauma as additional strengths. All that said, none of The deliverances Strengths could save the film from the “rotten” territory that Lee Daniels has once again found himself in.

Source: Rotten tomatoes, Box Office Mojo, Netflix