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Cameron Diaz's first movie in a decade sees critics and fans clash as Rotten Tomatoes verdict is given

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Published 15:47 17 Jan 2025 GMT

Cameron Diaz's first movie in a decade sees critics and fans clash as Rotten Tomatoes verdict is given

Cameron Diaz's new movie has sadly faced some flack from critics, but fans are fighting back

Britt Jones

Britt Jones

It has been a hot minute since Cameron Diaz graced our screens, but she’s back and with a bang, much to the dismay of critics (as it seems).

Years have passed since Diaz last role ended, which was her haggard Miss Hannigan character in the 2014 musical release Annie, alongside Jamie Foxx.

She began shooting it in 2013 and it was then released the following year, with the star later confirming that she’s retiring from show business.

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However, the 11-year stint is now behind us and fans can expect to see Diaz starring alongside Foxx (again) in Back in Action in 2022, which is due to land anytime this week on Netflix.

While the 52-year-old is back and ready to take on the film industry again, fans and critics are clashing over her latest flick.

Cameron Diaz stars alongside Jamie Foxx in her latest film (Netflix)
Cameron Diaz stars alongside Jamie Foxx in her latest film (Netflix)

Why did Cameron Diaz take a career break?

Diaz’s decade-long break felt like a lifetime, and fans didn’t really know what was going on, but she’s cleared things up about why she felt she needed extended time away.

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Speaking to Variety about feeling like she 'had to do [something] to reclaim [her] own life', she explained that she needed a break after working tirelessly for 20 years.

Then, when she resolved to take a breather from her career, she realized she 'just really didn't care about anything else'.

Diaz said: "Nobody’s opinion, nobody’s success, no one’s offer, no one’s anything could change my mind about my decision of taking care of myself and building the life that I really wanted to have.

"It really comes to: What are you passionate about? For me, it was to build my family."

What’s Cameron Diaz’s new movie about?

Diaz’s Back in Action flick on Netflix with Foxx looks awesome to fans.

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She began working alongside Foxx on the Netflix action comedy in 2022 and it sees her take on the role of Emily, while Foxx takes the role of Matt.

The flick sees the pair play a couple of elite spies who vanished from the CIA 15 years ago after deciding to live a normal life and start a family.

But how long will their cover last?

The official summary reads: “Former CIA spies Emily and Matt are pulled back into espionage after their secret identities are exposed.”

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That sounds juicy.

Critics were not kind (Netflix)
Critics were not kind (Netflix)

What Rotten Tomatoes score has it received?

So, fans are loving it… but critics aren’t digging it too much as they gave the film a measly 24 percent Rotten Tomatoes scoring.

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Some of the colorful reviews include: “It’s for films like 'Back in Action' that the word 'mediocre' was invented, because it’s not that this film is bad. It’s not interesting or ambitious enough to be bad. It simply 'is'.”

"Diaz and Foxx still got it, the film constantly screams. The evidence on display, however, suggests otherwise."

Fans love Diaz and the movie's cast (Netflix)
Fans love Diaz and the movie's cast (Netflix)

What are fans saying?

Fans are just so happy that she’s back, and aren’t allowing critics to dampen the mood.

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On Twitter, people celebrated the return of an icon with one person writing: “Cameron Diaz does it again!! I missed her! So good to see her on my screen again!”

Another said: “Good to see Cameron Diaz back in acting. Lemme tune in..”

And someone else wrote: “Just watched #BackInAction @netflix Thoroughly enjoyed it! It's so good to see Cameron Diaz back to kicking some bad guys ass!! Jamie was so damn funny & their chemistry worked like magic on screen! Glenn Close was a powerful cameo! Hoping for #BackInAction2."

Take that, critics.

Featured Image Credit: Netflix

Topics: Jamie Foxx, Celebrity, Film and TV, Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes

Britt Jones
Britt Jones

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