Used to be a great app
I used to rely on this a lot, but lately I’ve had to ditch the app and go directly to the Rotten Tomatoes website. For some reason, with certain major release movies (Wakanda Forever and Avatar: Way of Water are two examples) the app will not display individual critic reviews. They are available at the rotten tomatoes web site but not in the app. Seems suspicious - like the studios are paying them to block this info for awhile. Most new movies the critic reviews are available on the app as soon as there is a consensus. Big tent pole films on the other hand, no, the info is blocked.
After having to go outside the app 3 or 4 times just to get a sense of why critics have rated it the way they have, and which ones liked it… I’ve just decided to save my self some time and stop using it altogether.
After having to go outside the app 3 or 4 times just to get a sense of why critics have rated it the way they have, and which ones liked it… I’ve just decided to save my self some time and stop using it altogether.
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What happened to this app??
UPDATE: Will you PLEASE for the love of cinema, read your App Store reviews and actually do something about it? I left a review a few years ago but chiming back in to implore a change because clearly no improvements have been made in YEARS. I say again: YEARS!! Everyone clearly hates this app and what Flixster has become, when it used to be a trusted source for reviews AND a reliable tool for keeping track of movies that you want to see or movies that you have seen and what you thought of them. I used to rate every movie that I saw in theaters and I would add every movie that I want to see to the… you guessed it! The “Want to See” list! Brilliant idea. Too bad I had hundreds of movies saved, and you deleted them all. No recovery, even after my initial review (and apparently, everyone else’s too). PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE take action once and for all. Consolidate fandango and Flixster into one app, bring back the lists and user ratings, and for the love of god: DO. NOT. DELETE. THEM!!
ORIGINAL: I can no longer see my “Want to See” list or my movies that I’ve rated. I can click on any movie that I’ve added or rated previously and it will show that I’ve done so, but when I go over to the lists on my profile it says I haven’t added or rated any movies yet. Please fix this as I reference those lists often when deciding what movie to see or to recommend movies to others.
ORIGINAL: I can no longer see my “Want to See” list or my movies that I’ve rated. I can click on any movie that I’ve added or rated previously and it will show that I’ve done so, but when I go over to the lists on my profile it says I haven’t added or rated any movies yet. Please fix this as I reference those lists often when deciding what movie to see or to recommend movies to others.
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Been using it for years but going to switch if they don’t implement some changes
I have used and have loved this app for at least 8 years. For the past few years however, they have added in a lot of Indian films to their database. There’s nothing wrong with that whatsoever! But I’m not a fan of those movies and I would like the ability to filter them out based on either “language spoken” or “country of origin”. I have submitted this request to them years ago to add this feature. They already have a filter button on the app so why not simply extend it to be able to filter by these film attributes. I create reports from data for a living and filtering is by far one of the most important and also one of the easiest things to do. However since my initial request to be able to filter by these attributes has been ignored, I will probably go elsewhere. It’s a real shame though as this app used to the be the pinnacle of movie ratings and reviews.
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EDIT: App has been Fixed! (orig title: Internal Server Error - defunct app)
I’m happy to report that this app has been updated and is now working properly as it did before! Keep up the good work!
This is the most convenient app I’ve found to view theaters, movie showtimes, rotten tomatoes reviews, DVD/BluRay releases and those releases that are coming soon. Also supports purchasing tickets through Fandango.
Original Review (when app was broken):
What started as a decent app to access Rotten Tomatoes reviews, movie showtimes and summaries has now turned into a broken and abandoned app.
Opening the app to any page shows “Internal Server Error” messages, which indicates that there is a problem server-side where this iOS app client used to access it’s data from.
After searching a bit online I found out that Flixster was acquired by Fandango in 2016, and then announced that they were completely discontinuing their service as of February 20th 2018. So this app is yet another casualty of 21st century predatory capitalism and corporate phagocytosis.
This is the most convenient app I’ve found to view theaters, movie showtimes, rotten tomatoes reviews, DVD/BluRay releases and those releases that are coming soon. Also supports purchasing tickets through Fandango.
Original Review (when app was broken):
What started as a decent app to access Rotten Tomatoes reviews, movie showtimes and summaries has now turned into a broken and abandoned app.
Opening the app to any page shows “Internal Server Error” messages, which indicates that there is a problem server-side where this iOS app client used to access it’s data from.
After searching a bit online I found out that Flixster was acquired by Fandango in 2016, and then announced that they were completely discontinuing their service as of February 20th 2018. So this app is yet another casualty of 21st century predatory capitalism and corporate phagocytosis.
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Surprised at such bad reviews
But then again I suppose it depends on how you use it. Some features might be 1-star horrible and others 5-star great.
The only thing I use it for is to see what’s playing at the local theaters and the showtimes. The reason I like this app best is when you tap the theater it shows the list of movies playing and the Rotten Tomatoes and user score right there to see. And if you then tap the movie you can then read the aggregated and reviews just like you can on the Rotten Tomatoes website. You can also play the movie preview.
The other apps have these features too but you have to dig deeper to find them (e.g. in the Fandango app you have to individually tap each movie before it will show the scores). Apparently there’s something horrible about this app, but for my use it’s a 5-star app.
The only thing I use it for is to see what’s playing at the local theaters and the showtimes. The reason I like this app best is when you tap the theater it shows the list of movies playing and the Rotten Tomatoes and user score right there to see. And if you then tap the movie you can then read the aggregated and reviews just like you can on the Rotten Tomatoes website. You can also play the movie preview.
The other apps have these features too but you have to dig deeper to find them (e.g. in the Fandango app you have to individually tap each movie before it will show the scores). Apparently there’s something horrible about this app, but for my use it’s a 5-star app.
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Improve please
I haven’t tried this app yet becaUe the reviews and rating were bad like not good at all except for maybe one or few of them are good but after hearing lots of people saying bad things on review and what is needed to be improved/fixed and I haven’t tried for myself but after reading those reviews I’m prob not going to even attempt to download/try it because the ratings are not even at a 3.0 and not higher either it’s 2.3 that’s pretty bad cuz if ratings aren’t at 4.0 and around/or higher than that it’s most likely not good even tho we all have different options but usually have 4.0 or higher is good but lower than that usually not good but what imma say lastly is that u need to fix/improve it if u haven’t already if u guys have already than just either delete this app or change what the app is/does because the apps not good at all
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Trash
When attempting to purchase tickets through here you have the chance to be taken to a sort of search engine in their site/app, all by only clicking the button to choose your seats, or to confirm your information, or when trying to confirm payment, which is an incredible annoying bug. You then have to go back and start all over again and hope that this doesn’t keep happening. So good luck getting the seats you want. I had to go on their site on a computer for it to work, though this problem still arose. Furthermore, even though I closed the app completely after their seat selecting/ticket purchasing processes failed, the seats I wanted were not there anymore, as if they were bought already. Yet almost immediately after I purchased different seats, those ones I originally chose were available again.... so it seems they were on hold because of my earlier attempts... I suggest finding another app.
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Bad version of movie trailers
I have used this app for years. Never had a problem other than one time the show times were not correct. But something has changed with this app lately. It seems like the original movie trailers were loaded in this app in the past, which gave you a better idea about the movie. For some reason it seems that lately it is a very short segment of a trailer. This is very misleading to what a movie is really like. For example, the movie The Upside and Cold Pursuit - the trailers in the app were pathetic. I ruled both movies out bc of it. I had a friend who went to see The Upside and told me how great it was. I googled the original trailer and it looks great! Absolutely nothing about the trailer in this app would have ever convinced me to see that movie. Now since I researched and saw the original trailer we are going to see the movie today. I will no longer depend on this app to help me make my final decision.
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Tomato score is the only reason for this application.
I wish I could count in the ways this application tries to be similar to the imdb but unless you are looking for the newest movie in theaters, this app is garbage. Unfortunately sometimes the application doesn’t even place the movies in the right category of upcoming or in theaters which makes it confusing and difficult to find the movie you are looking for especially since the search engine is complete garbage. I would say the worst functionality of the entire thing is the search function. It has absolutely no metrics for predictive or autocomplete search. I keep thinking “well, maybe one day it will be fixed.” But alas, it never is and I’m doubtful it ever will be. I’d have to say the only reason this application is still in existence or thinks it is successful, based most likely on traffic, is the tomatometer. Without that, this is as generic and poor an app as there is. Pick it up. I’m rooting for you to improve.
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Critics on here are boring
First off I appreciate what this app brings in terms of movie showings, purchasing tickets and other great tools. The part that bothers me is the critics on here are awful. Everyone has an opinion but to rate a movie poorly because you want to hold a high standard as a critic is an injustice to everyone looking to enjoy a few hours of entertainment. You read a few reviews and they spew nonsense is pathetic. Movies are here to entertain us and bring happiness. Who cares if it wasn’t the most innovative with the plot or beat cgi ever done. I think this app should change the rating for movies as they can be very misleading. Any new users, I would suggest to use the app but not the reviews of the movies. Often times they are very wrong and can mislead you to not see something you may actual like!
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