Summary
Night Schoolhas become a Netflix hit. The 2018 movie starred Kevin Hart as high school dropout Teddy Walker, who decides to go to a night school class taught by the unusual Carrie Carter (Tiffany Haddish) to earn his GED and get a coveted job at an investment firm. The ensemble cast of the movie also includes Rob Riggle, Romany Malco, Taran Killam, Al Madrigal, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and Keith David.Night Schoolreviewswere overwhelmingly negative, earning the movie a 27% score on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes after 145 different critics weighed in.
Netflixhas now officially calculated their global chart of the most watched English-language movies for the week of August 12 through August 18.Night Schoolhas landed at No. 7 on the global Top 10 chartthanks to 4.9 million viewers accumulating a total of 9 million viewing hours. It is the only live-action comedy movie on the list, which is largely populated with animated titles includingThe Emoji Movie,Ferdinand,Trolls Band Together, and the new Netflix originalSaving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie.
Can Night School Be Rehabilitated?
The 2018 Movie’s Reputation Is Thoroughly Rotten
Ultimately, back in 2018,Night Schoolwas a commercial success, earning $103.1 million during its theatrical run against a budget of just $29 million. However, it was a critical failure, souring its overall reputation in the more than half a decade that has passed since its release. In fact, it is the 12th worst-reviewed movie featuring the prolific Kevin Hart andthe seventh worst-reviewed movie to star him in a lead role. Below, see howNight Schoolcompares to the other lowest-ratedKevin Hart movieson Rotten Tomatoes:
Popcornmeter Score (formerly audience score)
7%
32%
9%`
34%
10%
53%
11%
48%
13%
50%
14%
18%
51%
58%
20%
35%
23%
59%
46%
27%
38%
As the chart shows, the 38% Popcornmeter score forNight Schoolis also unusually low for a Kevin Hart feature. In fact, the title ishis eighth worst-reviewed movie by audiencesat the time of writing, so even though the Popcornmeter shows that viewers enjoyed it more than critics, they still seem to view it as a disappointment among his filmography overall. However, this global Netflix success could be the key to turning the movie’s reputation around.
Rotten Tomatoes' New Audience Score Explained: Popcornmeter & Verified “Hot” Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes' audience scores have undergone a massive overhaul, with different parameters around the new Popcornmeter and Verified Hot badges.
It remains to be seen what the reason forNight School’s streaming success turns out to be. If it has charted simply because it is new on the platform, then its Popcornmeter will likely be unaffected and it will probably fall back off the chart immediately. However, if it stays on the chart for multiple weeks, this could indicate that it is building word-of-mouth audience success that it didn’t back in 2018, which could ultimately result in an improved audience score down the road.
Night School
Cast
Star Kevin Hart and producer Will Packer, who partnered for the hitRide AlongandThink Like a Manseries, bring their signature style toNight School. The comedy from director Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip) follows a group of misfits who are forced to attend adult classes in the longshot chance they’ll pass the GED exam.Night Schoolbegin principal photography in Atlanta, Georgia in September 2017, a year ahead of its release in theaters
