Rotten tomatoes

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For the website, see Rotten Tomatoes.

Rotten tomatoes are generally used as an insult against performers. If a performer does badly on stage (in a comedy act, or a play, for example), one might throw rotten tomatoes at him or her, although in practice, this is done rarely. In contrast, one would throw roses on stage if a performance were done particularly well.

This idea has been extended by the website Rotten Tomatoes, which collects the ratings given to movies by film critics to give films an overall score. Movies that rate below 60% are called "rotten" while ones that are at or above that level are called "fresh".