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Jo koy lights out rotten tomatoes8/11/2023 ![]() ![]() As far as Fil-Ams today are concerned, Jo Koy is their poster boy. It was a golden opportunity for more Asian representation in racist Hollywood. Tia Carrere and Lydia Gaston in "Easter Sunday." Photo courtesy of UNIVERSAL PICTURES That’s the one that Steven brought me in for and asked if I had a movie idea, and that’s when I pitched ‘Easter Sunday.’” “If that didn’t happen, then Steven Spielberg wouldn’t have never seen the second. Undeterred by the doors shut in his face, the comic decided to fund the filming of “Jo Koy: Live in Seattle” back in 2017 until Netflix eventually bought the special. During his recent Manila press conference to promote the film, Jo Koy emphasizes how groundbreaking “Easter Sunday” has been - no surprise, after he struggled for years to get his stand-up specials mounted on streaming giant Netflix’s platform. It’s hard to see “Easter Sunday” as something beyond Jo Koy’s desire to be perceived as a disruptor, a man in a class of his own. It has a 45% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, as of writing. The movie rightfully claims to be the very first Hollywood-produced film about the interior life of a Filipino family in the United States. It stars the comedian himself as well as industry veterans singer/actress Tia Carrere (“Lilo and Stitch”) and actor Lou Diamond Phillips (“La Bamba”), two of the most well-known Filipino-American actors today. “Easter Sunday” is about a struggling actor named Joe Valencia who has to drive back home to his chaotic Filipino-American family for the holidays. Produced by the Steven Spielberg-backed Amblin Entertainment (whose only other producing credits this year are “Jurassic World: Dominion” and "The Fabelmans"), the film is heavily inspired by Jo Koy’s own life. The mid-budget film “Easter Sunday” is the Filipino-American actor’s dream come true: a showcase of Filipino culture through the lens of Hollywood. So while critics weren’t fully into these movies, they still put butts in seats (some a few million more than others) - crucial in an economically rocky year - before what looks like a roaring 2023 release lineup.Comedian Jo Koy needs you to know how much it took for him to make his movie. Once we got the rogues gallery together, we ranked with the highest Audience Score leading. and genre) Moonfall, tabloid fodder Don’t Worry Darling, and Brad Pitt‘s stylish action/comedy Bullet Train. These include lit adaptation Where the Crawdads Sing, two from Mark Wahlberg ( Father Stu, Uncharted), two from Liam Neeson ( Blacklight, Memory) and the Julia Roberts and George Clooney rom-com savior Ticket to Paradise. In that spirit, we’ve put together Rotten 2022 Movies You Loved! Every movie that made over $1 million in theaters with a Rotten Tomatometer score (59% or lower) and a positive Audience Score (60% or higher). And also the critically dragged Black Adam cracked the top 10 box office, rocking a Verified 89% Audience Score. Jurassic World Dominion is the most Rotten entry of the franchise, but it’s held on to a Verified 77% Audience Score and made $376 million, so theatergoers generally approved of the dino-cum-locusts mayhem and casting nostalgia bait. A true meeting of the minds and mass audiences.īut there are outliers in the top 10. A connective thread between them: They matched their dollar earnings with praise from critics and Fresh scores on the Tomatometer, with Top Gun (the highest domestic grosser of the year with $718 million) flying high with an incredible Certified Fresh 96% from critics and a 99% Audience Score from over 60,000 Verified Ratings. The soulful Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and silly slapstick of Minions: The Rise of Gru. The theater-throttling Top Gun: Maverick. Take a gander at the top 10 movies of 2022’s box office. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Photo by Courtesy Everett Collection) 2022’s Rotten Movies You Loved: Fan Favorites of the Year ![]()
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