We all know that critics sometimes get it wrong and solid movies get slammed with “rotten” scores on the Tomatometer.
Thankfully, we at Watch With Us are experts in all things movie and streaming, so we decided to right some of the mistakes Rotten Tomatoes made.
This April, we’d like to share with you three great movies currently streaming on Netflix with better Rotten Tomatoes scores.
Our first choice was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s classic vehicle Kindergarten Cop. In this work, a tough police officer is forced to go undercover as a kindergarten teacher.
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 54%
To track down the wife and accomplice (Carroll Baker) of a ruthless drug lord (Richard Tyson), whose testimony is needed to convict her, surly detective John Kimble (Schwarzenegger) goes undercover to represent the kindergarten teacher in the class suspected of containing the woman’s son. Kimble has little patience for criminals, but even less for unruly children, leading to a comedy of Kimble’s mistakes. She finds herself preoccupied with juggling her attraction to children, bad guys, and fellow teacher Joyce (Penelope Ann Miller).
Kindergarten Cop received mixed reviews at the time, but critics agreed that the film cemented Schwarzenegger’s comedic talents and successfully subverted his tough-guy action hero persona (and happened to feature the iconic line, “It’s not a tumor!”). The movie is a chaotic jumble that shouldn’t really come together, but somehow does, and the result is popcorn filmmaking at its finest. Even if you don’t laugh, you can enjoy it till the end.
“Mike and Dave Need a Wedding Date” (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 38%
Close siblings Mike (Adam Devine) and Dave (Zac Efron) are fun-loving people who can sometimes go a little overboard when it comes to family gatherings. So when his sister Jeannie (Sugar Lynn Beard) announces a wedding in Hawaii, the Stangle family insists that Mike and Dave work together to arrange a suitable date. So what do the brothers end up doing? They place an ad on Craigslist and end up with two seemingly ordinary women, Tatiana (Aubrey Plaza) and Alice (Anna Kendrick). But once they arrive on the island, the brothers discover that their date is anything but peaceful.
The classic screwball premise and charmingly committed cast make Mike and Dave Need a Wedding Date a beloved comedy, even if critics don’t always agree. In particular, Plaza’s comedic talents truly shine in this film, allowing the actress to seamlessly move between relatable farce and restrained deadpan while delivering lines of a lifetime. Efron and Divine have great chemistry, and the frequently confusing scenarios are entertaining. Overall, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is an underrated gem.
“Anaconda” (2026)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 47%
Doug (Jack Black), Griff (Paul Rudd), Kenny (Steve Zahn), and Claire (Thandiwe Newton), childhood friends turned into disaffected adults, get a surprising opportunity from one of their all-time favorite movies, Anaconda, starring Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube. After struggling TV actor Griff manages to acquire the rights to Anaconda, the group begins producing a low-budget indie remake of the film in the Brazilian Amazon. But when Griff accidentally kills the tame snake they were using, their quest to find a wild replacement ends up being hunted by a giant anaconda, similar to the fictional snake in their movie.
Anaconda isn’t as ambitious as its meta-textual premise suggests, but it has big laughs, high entertainment value, and a totally game cast (including some cameos from the original film). Black and Rudd have undeniable chemistry, and even if the plot drags at times, there are always funny moments shared between the two to keep the fun going. Additionally, Anaconda manages a deft blend of genuine horror and intentional stupidity that even the original Anaconda couldn’t quite pull off.
