How Lightyear's Rotten Tomatoes Score Compares to Other Pixar Movies
Despite Buzz Lightyear's history of scoring big on Rotten Tomatoes, Lightyear hasn't seen the same praise from critics, falling well below the Pixar average. Lightyear received generally favorable reviews overall, but it pales in comparison to the stellar scores posted by most other Pixar movies.
Ever since the first Toy Story, Pixar movies have almost always received exceptional reviews, earning an almost perfect track record in Rotten Tomatoes. In 26 feature-length Pixar releases since 1995, every single movie but one received a Fresh score on the Tomatometer, with 18 movies scoring over 90 percent, including 100 percent scores for both Toy Story and Toy Story 2.
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Unfortunately, despite the Fresh rating, Lightyear’s Rotten Tomatoes doesn't seem nearly as impressive next to the rest of the Pixar filmography. Here’s how its Rotten Tomatoes score compares to every other Pixar movie.
Of the 26 films released by Pixar, Lightyear is tied with The Good Dinosaur for the fourth-lowest Rotten Tomatoes score overall with a score of 76 percent. The only Pixar movies with lower scores are the Cars movies with Cars at 74 percent, Cars 3 at 69 percent, and Cars 2 at 39 percent. Pixar’s strong Rotten Tomatoes track record gives the franchise an overall average Tomatometer score of 89 percent, which is 13 points higher than Lightyear. As Pixar’s oldest and best-reviewed franchise, the four Toy Story movies beforeLightyear averaged 99 percent, a full 23 points higher, with Lightyear’s Rotten Tomatoes score bringing the overall Toy Story average down to 94 percent.
Even though 18 of Pixar’s 26 releases have Rotten Tomatoes scores of 90 percent or higher,
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