@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2025-12-26 09:00 UTC
Counted four explosions before the studio logo finished. The Rookie knows its audience.
2018 · Action / Crime / Drama
The Rookie
BURN INDEX · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED20%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 ROASTS REGISTERED
SALT SHAKER · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED26%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 SALT SHAKES LOGGED
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ICE COLD · STRUCTURALLY PERFECT
ICE COLD · 0–20%
Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
CERTIFIED COOKED · 71–100%
An absolute cinematic disaster.
No synopsis available. Probably for the best.
— THE CRITIC'S ROAST
💀 APPLYING THIRD-DEGREE BURNS…
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— THE DOSSIER
RELEASE DATE
2018
RUNTIME
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GENRE
Action / Crime / Drama
PLOT SUMMARY
Synopsis withheld out of mercy.
STARRING CAST
Cast information unavailable.
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@TRAILER_TROLL2025-12-13 18:00 UTC
The Rookie: where physics filed for emotional distress and lost.
@AISLE_GHOUL2025-12-07 05:00 UTC
The Rookie should come with a complimentary pillow for when the third-act CGI soup inevitably kicks in.
@POPCORN_CRITIC2025-12-03 17:00 UTC
The script for The Rookie feels like it was entirely written by an algorithm fed nothing but energy-drink commercials.
— FROM THE WILD
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r/movies · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 4.6k points
The cinematography in The Rookie is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Director clearly thought The Rookie was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/movies · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 2.8k points
Hot Take: The Rookie's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Honestly, The Rookie would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/boxoffice · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 4.7k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in The Rookie?
Rewatched The Rookie last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/boxoffice · u/ExpositionDump🔥 1.9k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in The Rookie actually is?
Look, I wanted to love The Rookie. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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