Critics aren’t loving Jenna Ortega’s latest film, which set a new record for the actress on Rotten Tomatoes.
Jenna Ortega’s latest film, Miller’s Girl, landed on Rotten Tomatoes with a lot of criticism. The film, which also stars Black Panther‘s Martin Freeman, is a comedy-drama that sees Ortega’s character, Cairo, fall in love with her older teacher, Freeman’s Jonathan. The film sets a new record for Jenna Ortega as the star’s worst score ever, as it holds a 21% rating from the critics on the review aggregator website. The film is also one of Martin Freeman’s lowest scores in over a decade.
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The page’s official score for the film comes from only 14 reviews, ahead of Miller’s Girl’s release. The film comes from Jade Halley Bartlett, who wrote and directed it and was produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Alongside Ortega and Freeman, Bashir Salahuddin, Gideon Adlon, and Dagmara Domińczyk round up the cast.
The film has been in production for a long time, as Seth Rogen’s company, Point Grey Pictures, acquired Jade Halley Bartlett’s script for Miller’s Girl in December 2016. The script was then listed on the Hollywood Black List of unproduced screenplays. Lionsgate Films picked up the distribution rights in September 2022, and Ortega and Freeman joined the film in January 2023.
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Jenna Ortega Might Return to Her Impressive Rotten Tomatoes Streak Soon
Jenna Ortega dropped out of Scream 7 after her co-star Melisa Barrera’s firing, but she has more exciting projects coming up. The actress, who made her feature film debut in Marvel’s Iron Man 3, is set to star in the highly-anticipated Beetlejuice 2. For the film, Ortega will team up again with Wednesday executive producer and director Tim Burton, and it might bump up her Rotten Tomatoes score again.
Ortega’s first critically-acclaimed film was 2021’s The Fallout, with a 93% critics score, and 84% audience approval. Since then, she made great career choices, starring in universally acclaimed films that turned her into an A-list star. Some of her best films were 2022’s Scream, X, and 2023’s Scream VI. Unfortunately, her 2023’s Finestkind started a new low for the actress, as it holds a 28% score from the critics, with a 61% audience score.
On top of her upcoming Beetlejuice sequel, Ortega will reprise her role as the famous Addams Family member Wednesday in Netflix’s hit show of the same name. The highly-anticipated Season 2 will reportedly rely more on horror and will focus less on romance for Wednesday, which could also bring up her Rotten Tomatoes score. Season 1 had a 72% score, with the audience taking it to an 85% audience score. So far, there’s no official release date for Wednesday Season 2, but Miller’s Girl will come out on January 26.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
- Release Date
- January 26, 2024
- Director
- Jade Halley Bartlett
- Cast
- Martin Freeman , Jenna Ortega , Bashir Salahuddin , Gideon Adlon
- Runtime
- 93 minutes
- Main Genre
- Comedy
