The Weeknd, now making an attempt to shed his stage identify and embrace his actual identification, Abel Tesfaye, took one other shot at appearing this week, and effectively, he missed as soon as once more. His newest effort, Hurry Up Tomorrow, a musical thriller directed by Trey Edward Shults, landed onerous with a thud. The movie opened to brutal critiques and bombed on the field workplace, persevering with the tough streak that started along with his earlier appearing challenge, HBO’s The Idol. That present was cancelled shortly after its premiere season, abandoning a path of scathing critiques and a dismal 19% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Weeknd’s Newest Efficiency Is Worse Than The Idol
Sadly for Tesfaye, Hurry Up Tomorrow has finished even worse. The movie has been given a fair decrease rating, sinking to 16% on the identical aggregator web site. The story options him as a distorted model of himself (sure, but once more), the identical strategy that he took in The Idol. Audiences and critics alike agree that the performances don’t land, and the movie feels extra like an prolonged music video than a standalone cinematic expertise.
Toussaint Egan of IGN Motion pictures mentioned, “It’s no Purple Rain, however it no less than manages to discover a handful of visually stimulating moments amid the vapidity.” Fox 19’s assessment was even harsher, “I hate to say it, however there’s not likely rather a lot attention-grabbing to inform about this movie.” Nick Schager of The Every day Beast completely summed it up, “A feature-length ego-stroke of monumental hubris that immediately assumes pole place within the race for 12 months’s worst film.”
Tour Income Outshine Field Workplace Numbers
The Weeknd’s titular album, by the best way, is at present doing higher than the film. Tesfaye’s tour is drawing in additional income than Hurry Up Tomorrow managed to drag in its opening weekend. Regardless of a reported $15 million funds, the movie introduced in solely $3.3 million (per Field Workplace Mojo) and did not crack the highest 5. Even The Accountant 2, a holdover, beat it.
Past the blow to Tesfaye’s appearing profession, this failure has additionally solid a shadow on co-star Jenna Ortega. The actress, identified for Netflix’s Wednesday and field workplace winners like Scream V and Scream VI, appeared unstoppable till lately. Her earlier movie, Dying of a Unicorn, co-starring Paul Rudd and launched by A24, couldn’t muster a lot curiosity both, barely scraping $12 million in whole home earnings.
Barry Keoghan additionally seems in Hurry Up Tomorrow, a latest Oscar nominee who’s been grabbing headlines along with his upcoming position as Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles biopic. For now, although, even his rising star energy couldn’t save this movie from a fast descent into irrelevance.
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