Jenna Ortega has been in the film and TV industry since she was a young child, but her career has taken off in the last few years. On the TV side, this was through her starring role in the Netflix Addams Family series Wednesday, which debuted in 2022 and is getting season 2 later this year. On the film side, a significant part of her career has been spent acting in horror films, as Scream, Scream VI, and X have solidified her scream queen status.

Ortega has acted in her fair share of non-horror dramas over the years. She delivered a stirring performance as a high school student living through the aftermath of a tragic event in The Fallout. She was also in the movie Miller’s Girl, which made waves (many negative) upon its release due to the portrayal of an age-gap relationship. Movies like these help show off Ortega’s depth as an actor, even if they are not always well-received. Now, the Rotten Tomatoes score is in for her latest drama thriller.

The Initial Rotten Tomatoes Scores For Hurry Up Tomorrow Are Here

The Movie’s Dividing Critics And Audiences

Hurry Up Tomorrow‘s Rotten Tomatoes scores have been revealed, and they’re far apart. Starring the musical artist Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd, the movie is a fictionalized fantasy telling of his musical career. An insomniac musician named Abel (Tesfaye) meets a stranger named Anima (Ortega) who sets a series of events into motion. The film is directed by Trey Edward Shults, and the cast also includes Barry Keoghan, Riley Keough, Paul L. Davis, and Sebastian Villalobos.

Now, the Rotten Tomatoes scores for Hurry Up Tomorrow have been revealed. At the time of writing, the movie has a 16% on Rotten Tomatoes with 37 reviews. This is fairly different from the movie’s audience score, which stands at 75%. These scores are subject to change, as the movie has just been released in theaters. Nevertheless, the scores indicate that the new release is very polarizing, although audiences seem to respond to the movie better than Tesfaye’s HBO series, The Idol.

What These Split Scores Mean For Hurry Up Tomorrow

It May Struggle To Attract A Wide Audience

Critically, Hurry Up Tomorrow‘s reception is undeniably rough. The movie has set an unfortunate Rotten Tomatoes record for Ortega, becoming the lowest-rated movie of her career and continuing a rough 2025 on the big screen after Death of a Unicorn underwhelmed. However, the young actor is already well-established and has Wednesday season 2 on the way, meaning her star is unlikely to be dimmed for very long. For Tesafye, this comes on the heels of his series The Idol being widely panned and canceled after a single season, so his acting prospects could take a more serious hit.

Typically, audiences being more positive than critics might give a movie some hope – after all, it’s the former who buy tickets. But this difference is likely informed by the early fan screenings held for the film, and whether they were there for Ortega or The Weeknd, it’s unsurprising their ratings would lean positive. A dismal critics score suggests that Hurry Up Tomorrow won’t offer much to people who aren’t already invested in the leads, and that could significantly limit its potential performance.

Source: Rotten Tomatoes