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LOS ANGELES - Rotten Tomatoes, the online movie site that aggregates critics' reviews, tossed out its ninth annual Golden Tomato Awards on Monday, hailing Ratatouille as its best-reviewed wide-release movie of 2007.
The Disney/Pixar cartoon scored a 96 per cent approval rating on the site's Tomatometer. At the other end of the scale Because I Said So, starring Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore, earned the Moldy Tomato Award, with an approval rating of 5 per cent.
Sorting through the year's releases in various categories, Rotten Tomatoes offered best of breed citations to:
Limited release, and Musical: Once
Action/adventure: The Bourne Ultimatum
Comedy: Juno
Drama: Away From Her
Horror: Grindhouse
Kids/family: Enchanted
Romance: Atonement
Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Documentary: Sicko
Foreign language: The Lives of Others
Thriller: No Country for Old Men
UK release: Hot Fuzz
Australian film: Ten Canoes
- REUTERS/Hollywood Reporter