{"id":515530,"date":"2026-04-06T08:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/515530\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T08:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:39:17","slug":"new-netflix-hit-movie-breaks-a-rotten-tomatoes-record-audiences-love-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/515530\/","title":{"rendered":"New Netflix Hit Movie Breaks a Rotten Tomatoes Record (& Audiences Love It)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It appears that critics and audiences are once again locked in a ratings battle. The center of the disagreement? A new Netflix<\/a> film that has rocketed to the #7 spot on the platform\u2019s Top 10 Most Watched list<\/a> despite the dismal 10% critics rating for the movie. Casual viewers are loving it, though, heaping praise upon it for its representation and rags-to-riches story, and giving it a 90% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Before this, the highest ratings discrepancy was for Reagan, which debuted in 2024 and boasted an 80% difference\u2014though the critics\u2019 score was a little higher (18% vs 98%).<\/p>\n

The movie is called Clika, and it\u2019s very much a movie by relative unknowns, starring relative unknowns, seemingly doing a lot with a little in terms of industry connections. It centers on an aspiring musician named Chito who is determined to realize his dreams of stardom. A clip of one of his live performances goes viral, thrusting Chito into a world he doesn\u2019t understand and giving him the opportunity to make his mark on Mexican-American music. But things aren\u2019t always what they seem, and Chito ends up playing a game more dangerous than he ever expected.<\/p>\n

Critics and Audiences Just Can\u2019t Agree on Clika<\/p>\n

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The consensus among critics is that Clicka\u2018s a pale imitation of 8 Mile, capitalizing on stereotypes of Mexican-Americans rather than uplifting the culture and the music, both of which are incredibly vibrant and deserve more than to be reduced to clich\u00e9s. \u201cM\u00fasica Mexicana fans are likely to appreciate the fact that this drama is rooted in the genre, but it\u2019s pretty stiff, formulaic stuff, and it doesn\u2019t effectively capture the vibrancy of the music,\u201d says critic Jeffrey Anderson<\/a>. And some fans elsewhere on the internet agree with that take, with one saying,<\/a> \u201cI really thought it was going to emphasize the struggles in the Latino community, but instead we received a typical stereotype. Oh, and lots of women are being used as eye candy cuz can\u2019t forget that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other fans, however, were happy to sing Clika\u2018s praises, highlighting the tension, drama, and surprisingly heartfelt love story that blossomed throughout the film. While not a particularly strong cultural representation, audiences found it a decent coming-of-age story, with a rags-to-riches sheen that made it easy to overlook certain narrative decisions. One fan said, \u201cA perfect introduction to corridos tumbados music for people new to the genre and a happy ending that will send you home smiling.\u201d Overall, Clika is definitely not a movie for everyone, and your enjoyment of it will depend entirely on what you\u2019re going into it looking for.<\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite moment from the movie? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. And don\u2019t forget to check out the ComicBook forum<\/a> to keep the conversation going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears that critics and audiences are once again locked in a ratings battle. The center of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[53779,96,2839,392,1092,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-515530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-clika","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-netflix","tag-regular-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}