Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy's most divisive movie is climbing up Netflix’s top 10, despite its lackluster Rotten Tomatoes score
Apr. 24, 2024Is it time for a Cillian Murphy movie marathon?
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Five years after its release, Cillian Murphy’s lesser-known spy-themed action-thriller Anna is currently making its way up Netflix’s top 10 list, despite having negative reviews.
Anna is ranking as the site’s fourth most-watched movie globally for the week of April 15-21. According toTudum, the movie has been watched 5,900,000 times over just one week - that’s 11.7 million hours. The movie is behind new true crime documentary What Jennifer Did in third, live-action family comedy Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp in second, and taking first isZack Snyder’s new Netflix movieRebel Moon - Part 2: The Scargiver.
Directed by Léon: The Professional’s Luc Besson, Anna follows a beautiful Russian assassin working for the KGB, whose life is turned upside down when she becomes a double agent for the CIA. Murphy plays American Agent Leonard Miller who acts as Anna’s handler when her identity is uncovered. Alongside theInceptionstar, the cast includes Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, and Helen Mirren.
Despite the movie recently racking up numbers on the streamer, it has very divisive reviews and an even more perplexingRotten Tomatoesscore of 33%, compared to its 87% audience score. Anna is not a big hit with the critics, as Peter Sobczynski fromRogerEbertdescribes it as a “startlingly lazy bit of by-the-numbers hackwork,” with Benjamin Lee fromThe Guardianadding, “What ultimately sinks the film is its overwhelming blandness.”
The movie came out during a film trend of bleach-blonde female-led spy thrillers alongsideAtomic BlondeandRed Sparrow.But when Anna was first released it was considered a box office flop, grossing just $31.6 million worldwide against a production budget of $30 million.
Anna is available to watch on Netflix right now. For more, check out our list of thebest movies on Netflix, or keep up to date withupcoming movies.
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