The popular aggregator of film critics' reviews Rotten Tomatoes has awarded the "certificate of freshness" to Serhiy Loznytsia's film "Donbass". At the moment, the film has 42 reviews on the site, including 38 positive and 4 negative, which together gives 90% positive reviews, and on a rating scale of 7.30 / 10. The calculation of verified top critics is: 7 positive reviews and one negative, which together gives 88% of positive reviews, and the average score is 7.30 / 10. The critical overall consensus of the site characterizes "Donbass" as: "Cruel, powerful and perfectly filmed, which is extremely effective in demonstrating human cruelty."
More details and reviews on the film page on RT: https://bit.ly/3omVsmq
To receive the so-called "certificate of freshness" of the film it is necessary to have a percentage of positive reviews over 75% and to have at least 5 reviews from top critics; the total number of required reviews for films released in the United States - more than 80, and for limited releases (usually festival products and non-English releases) requires at least 40 reviews.
From Ukrainian films and co-produced earlier certificates of freshness from Rotten Tomatoes received:
Mountain woman: at war: 97% (7.80 / 10)
Price of truth: 84% (6.80 / 10)
Painting of the chick: 82% (7.50 / 10)
Prepared by: Denis Budanov (data as of 01/26/21)
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