Challengers
Summary
Challengershas bestedDune : Part Twoto become the well - execute Zendaya movie on Rotten Tomatoes . The forthcoming movie is the in vogue release from managing director Luca Guadagnino , who has previously helmed claim , including the Oscar - winningCall Me By Your Nameand the 2018 remake ofSuspiria . It follows the impassioned lovemaking triangle that forms between three lawn tennis player : former pro turned tutor Tashi Duncan ( Zendaya ) , her hubby Art ( Mike Faist ) , and Patrick ( Josh O’Connor ) , her ex who was Art ’s former best friend .
Rotten Tomatoeshas now calculated an official critical score for the movie in front of theChallengersrelease date . Although the score will vacillate somewhat as more review are added , with 72 critics weighing in , the movie has earn a Fresh score of 96%at the metre of composition . This is the highest score that a narrative feature star Zendaya has ever earn , beating her premature record of 93 % , a score earn by both her late hitDune : Part Twoand 2021’sSpider - Man : No Way Home .
Zendaya’s Future Has Never Looked Brighter
Challengers Continues The Star’s Rotten Tomatoes Hot Streak
Now that she has extended her post-2021 stripe with a fourth movie thanks to these strongChallengersreviews , it remains to be seen if Zendaya can keep it going .
This nigh - consummate score is a huge win for Zendaya , who had antecedently only meet 100 % scores for appear in the Beyoncé visual albumLemonadeand the 2023 fashion documentaryInvisible Beauty . On top of the motion picture achieving a record , Zendaya lead theChallengerscastis alsocontinuing her streak of overbold scoressince earning a pair of splat in 2021forMalcolm & MarieandSpace Jam : A New Legacy . Below , see the Rotten Tomatoes critic score for every Zendaya movie since 2021 :
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RT Score
Malcolm & Marie(2021 )
56 %
Challengers follows tennis player-turned-coach Tashi as she transforms her husband Art into a Grand Slam champion. To revitalize his career, she enters him in a lower-tier tournament where he confronts his past, facing both his former best friend and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend.
Space Jam : A New Legacy(2021 )
25 %
Dune(2021 )
83 %
Spider - Man : No style Home(2021 )
93 %
Dune : Part Two(2024 )
Challengers(2024 )
96 %
Now that she has lead her post-2021 bar with a fourth movie thanks to these strongChallengersreviews , it remain to be seen if Zendaya can keep it go . However , it seems entirely possible that she will be able to do so . At the metre of writing , the only big screen projection to which she is likely attached would be the thirdDunemovie , which is in ontogenesis and will be accommodate from the subsequence novelDune : Messiah .
The sequel , which is presently being write , will likely let in Zendaya ’s character Chani , who make for an important part in the story on the page . While her return in the character has not been formally confirmed , it seems potential that the currently ignoble picture show will be the next major undertaking to followChallengers . Returning director Denis Villeneuve ’s previous two installments in the franchise have obtain glowing reviews and progressively convinced scores , so it seems probable that the follow - up will help proceed her streak .
germ : Rotten tomato
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Challengers surveil lawn tennis player - turn - coach Tashi as she transforms her husband Art into a Grand Slam champion . To revitalize his life history , she figure him in a lower - tier tournament where he confronts his past , facing both his former undecomposed friend and Tashi ’s ex-wife - boyfriend .
