Michael Fassbender is one of the most revered actors of his generation, and yet, the last decade of his career has been plagued with inconsistency. On the one hand, the actor has played roles in award-winning, beloved films such as Frank and The Killer, both of which had Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes scores. In this era, he also continued to play Magneto in the X-Men series. This included 2014’s well-reviewed installment X-Men: Days of Future Past.
On the other hand, however, Fassbender’s career has reached some epic lows in the past ten years. The most notorious of Fassbender’s late 2010s work was The Snowman, a box office bomb that received a dismal rating of just 7% among critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Even the last five years have crafted a similar tale of Fassbender’s box office insecurity. 2019 saw a rotten score with Dark Phoenix, which was recovered by The Killer, only to see his Rotten Tomatoes score plummet again with Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins. Fassbender has another opportunity to recover his reputation this year.
The Score Is Higher Now Than Pre-Debut
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The Rotten Tomatoes score has been revealed for the series The Agency. Starring Fassbender, this series is a political thriller series about a covert CIA agent who has to abandon the undercover life he knows in order to return to London Station. The series features a leading cast including Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, John Magaro, Richard Gere, and Katherine Waterston. It premiered its first two episodes on November 29, and is set to release its next episode on December 6.
Now, an updated Rotten Tomatoes score has been revealed for The Agency. Following its premiere, The Agency’s Rotten Tomatoes score has climbed to a 67% Tomatometer among the 24 reviews it has amassed so far. Among audiences, the show is ranking much higher as of now, with the Popcornmeter at an 85%. At the time of writing, this latter score is based on fewer than 50 ratings, and is thus subject to change. The score had previously debtued with a rotten 29% Tomatometer.
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Our Take On The Agency’s Rotten Tomatoes Score
Fassbender’s Rotten Tomatoes Inconsistency Continues
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While The Agency’s Rotten Tomatoes Score is improving, the movie is just still barely holding on to its freshness on the critics’ aggregate website. As such, the spy show serves an interesting place within Fassbender’s career. The actor is much more prominent in movies than on TV, making The Agency a critical determinant as to whether the actor can easily pivot. As of now, he has not done enough to become a mainstay on television as he continues his unstable Rotten Tomatoes trend.
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