Blumhouse’sSpeak No Evilhas earned James McAvoy’s best Rotten Tomatoes score in a decade. The movie is a remake of the Danish film of the same name, following the Dalton family (Mackenzie Davis, Scott McNairy, and Alix West Lefler), who vacation in an isolated home with new friends Paddy (James McAvoy), Ciara (Aisling Franciosi), and their son Ant (Dan Hough), at which point a series of awkward incidents quickly grow sinister. TheSpeak No Evilreleasefollows the original movie to theaters by just two years.
Ahead of the wide release debut ofSpeak No Evil, critics have been able to share their reviews of the movie online.Rotten Tomatoeshas aggregated 48 of these reviews at the time of writing,giving the movie a debut score of 88% on the platform. While the score may fluctuate as more reviews are added over the weekend and beyond, it is currently the highest score for a James McAvoy movie since 2014’sX-Men: Days of Future Past, which earned a Certified Fresh 90% score.
What This Rotten Tomatoes Score Means For Speak No Evil
The James McAvoy Movie Has Strong Competition
AlthoughSpeak No Evilbeat the second-place post-2014 James McAvoy movie by a wide margin, there has nevertheless been strong competition for the star’s No. 1 title since that time. This includes his previous collaboration with Blumhouse, theUnbreakabletrilogymovieSplit, which earned a Certified Fresh score of 78% in 2016. He earned another Certified Fresh score the following year when he starred opposite Charlize Theron inAtomic Blonde. Below, see a breakdown of every Fresh score McAvoy has earned since the release ofX-Men: Days of Future Past:
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Speak No Evil(2024)
88%
It remains to be seen ifSpeak No Evilbecomes Certified Fresh, but if it maintains its score as more reviews are added, that status seems to be a certainty. However, as it stands, it has already achieved a remarkable feat. On top of being the best score for James McAvoy in 10 years, it istied with 2006’sThe Last King of Scotlandfor his fourth-best score in general, behindDays of Future Past, 2006’sStarter for 10(90%), and 2011’sArthur Christmas(92%).
Our Take On The Speak No Evil Rotten Tomatoes Score
Commercial Success Could Follow Critical Success
In addition to providing a career high for theSpeak No Evilstar, this Rotten Tomatoes scorecould help propel the movie at the box office. Although the remake is attached to a relatively untested IP for the domestic marketplace, the combination of Blumhouse and James McAvoy has already proved to be a potent one withSplit. Adding such a strong Rotten Tomatoes score to the mix could allow the movie to become a success and provide major competition for the weekend’s holdover hitBeetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Speak No Evil
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Speak No Evil is a 2024 horror-thriller film by writer-director James Watkins. A remake of the 2022 movie Speak No Evil follows a family who head to the country for a much-needed vacation - but the situation quickly deteriorates, thrusting them into a horrific nightmare.
