Summary
- Gal Gadot’s second film on Netflix, Heart of Stone received negative reviews, earning a low 30% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Critics criticized the story and script of “Heart of Stone” as generic and questioned the portrayal of artificial intelligence.
- Despite negative reviews, Gadot’s performance was praised and the film may still be a hit with her fans.
After already receiving negative reviews for her first collaboration with the streamer, the Rotten Tomatoes score for Heart of Stone continues Gal Gadot’s negative streak on Netflix. In the action movie, Gadot plays a member of the secret intelligence agency Charter whose covert work with MI6 is interrupted when another member of the team is revealed to be an employee of a woman who wants to use Charter’s powerful AI for her own ends. In addition to Gadot, the composition of the “Heart of Stone” includes Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt and Mattias Schweighofer.
After the film’s release on Netflix, the Heart of Stone soundtrack dropped on Rotten Tomatoes, and critics panned the James Bond-style thriller. As of this writing, the film, starring Gal Gadot, has a 30% critical approval rating based on 67 reviews. This is the second Gadot film on Netflix to receive negative reviews, following Red Notice with a 37% rating.
Why are Heart of Stone reviews so negative?
Critics mostly had problems with the story and screenplay of Heart of Stone, felt it was too general, and had conflicting views on the concept of AI, first praising it and then criticizing it as a weapon throughout the film. Many reviews also point to the film as a continuation of Netflix’s inability to make a big-budget, action-worthy action movie, with Gadot’s Red Notice placed on those poorly reviewed lists along with titles like Jennifer Lopez’s Mother, Michael Bay’s 6 Underground . and The Gray Man with Ryan Gosling.
However, negative reviews for Heart of Stone praise Gadot’s performance in the film, with many critics calling her a fun action actress to watch. Considering that Red Notice overcame negative reception to positive reviews from the public and was successful enough to receive a sequel, Gadot’s new adventure may still generate some interest from fans of the actress and achieve some success.
The aforementioned “Mother” enjoyed some success with audiences despite mixed reviews, knocking Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” out of Netflix’s top 10 English-language films. Prior to its release, Gadot was very passionate about Heart of Stone and its hopes of how it could change the spy action genre, especially since audiences still want a female-led James Bond film after No Time To Die introduced two worthy heirs in Lashan. Lynch as Nomi and Ana de Armas as Paloma.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes