Rotten Tomatoeshas now awarded a movie that was shut out at the Golden Globes ceremony. The review aggregator web site has presented their Golden Tomato Awards to the best-reviewed titles of the year annually for the past quarter-century. Previous picks for their biggest prize, Best Movie, have included 2023’sBest Picture Oscar winnerOppenheimer, 2022’sTop Gun: Maverick, 2021’sSpider-Man: No Way Home, 2020’sPortrait of a Lady on Fire, and 2019’sAvengers: Endgame, representing an eclectic mix of big-budget blockbusters and well-regarded arthouse cinema.
In 2025,Rotten Tomatoes is presenting the 26th annual Golden Tomato Awards, honoring the best movies and television shows of 2024. This comes relatively early in the 2024-2025 awards season, sandwiched between the Golden Globes ceremony on January 5 and the2025 Oscar nominations, which will be announced on January 19 after a two-day delay amid the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires.
Dune: Part Two Has Been Awarded By Rotten Tomatoes
The Movie Was Just Snubbed By The Golden Globes
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequelDune: Part Twohas been awarded by Rotten Tomatoes. AlthoughDune: Part Tworeviewsearned the movie a Certified Fresh 92% score and its global box office total hit $714.4 million, making it the fifth highest-grossing movie of 2024, it only received two Golden Globe nominations, for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Original Score. It proceeded to lose in both categories, toThe BrutalistandChallengersrespectively.
Dune: Part Twofollows Paul Atreides attempting to help the Fremen defend their home planet of Arrakis and features a star-studded cast that includes Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, and Stellan Skarsgård.
Rotten Tomatoeshas now announced the winners of their 2024 Golden Tomatoes Awards.Dune: Part Twohas earned the honor of becoming their overall Best Movie of 2024via their weighted ranking, which compares a movie’s overall Rotten Tomatoes score with the number of reviews it received.Dune: Part Twoalso won in the Best Wide Release Movies and Best Sci-Fi Movies categories. Below, see all of the Top 10 titles in the Best Movies category:
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What This Means For Dune: Part Two
Critics Love The Sci-Fi Movie
WhileRotten Tomatoes' awards do not tend to be major predictors of what movies will win or be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars,Dune: Part Twowinning this award could be an indicator that it still has some steam left in its awards run after its Golden Globes shutout. The movie has won a variety of other accolades, including an AFI Award and a Gotham Award, so the fact that critics' love for the movie had not paled by the end of the year could indicate that the voting body ofthe Academy may feel the same way.
Dune: Part Two
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Dune: Part Two continues the epic saga of Paul Atreides as he allies with Chani and the Fremen. Pursuing retribution for his family’s devastation, Paul grapples with a significant decision impacting his personal desires and the universe’s future, attempting to avert a dire destiny that only he anticipates.
