Russell Crowe's New Crime Thriller Loses Top Spot to Ben Affleck

Despite delivering stellar results in the first two weeks of its run, poor reviews seem to be catching up to Netflix's recently released psychological drama film Unabomber. The movie stars Russell Crowe as a Harvard professor who conducts scientific experiments on a young Ted Kaczynski, played by Jacob Tremblay. Unabomber is among the many cinematic depictions of the notorious terrorist, who, like Charles Manson, has become a cultural figure in America. However, the new movie wasn't able to match up to the benchmarks set by past shows and films. In its third week of release, the movie suffered an unusually steep drop on the Netflix viewership charts, effectively stalling despite showing early promise.

The movie now holds a 25% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, "Playing armchair psychologist to one of America's most infamous killers, Unabomber's fine acting can't compensate for an unconvincing thesis." This is nowhere near the 97% score of Netflix's other psychological thriller about serial killers, the cult classic series Mindhunter. It's also lower than the "Certified Fresh" 93% score of Manhunt: Unabomber, a limited series based on the FBI's decades-long search for Kaczynski, which starred Paul Bettany and Sam Worthington.

Here's How 'Unabomber' Performed Last Week

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