2026-05-01 00:24 UTC
Hudson Hawk, widely panned, is fun; just refuses to take itself seriously.
* iMDB: 5.7/10
* RT: 30/100
* Metacritic:17/100
I don't care. That's what I think of any film rating system. It's a report, but not the experience itself.
See also: the Southland Tales, The One (2001), Lost Souls (2000). All are, objectively, bad films. And yet... I remember them to be re-watchable.
This [write-up](https://www.thelimelight.app/blog/rotten-tomatoes-vs-imdb-vs-metacritic) is on a site for and app and ends up shilling for that app, but it makes some useful points, confirmed by my years of poking around:
> Trust Metacritic most for prestige drama, arthouse cinema, and Oscar contenders.
> Trust IMDb most for genre films.
> Use the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer as a quick pass/fail for critical reception.
> Use the Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score cautiously.
Full disclosure: I don't have the app, don't want the app, and don't care about the app. Also, I skimmed the article in 2 minutes while watching my kids bounce on a trampoline.
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