The biggest Netflix movie right now looks easy enough on paper. Purple Hearts, according to the streamer’s official synopsis, is about a struggling musician who marries a troubled Marine — solely for the military benefits.
The movieThe movie, which was released on Netflix at the beginning of July, stars Sofia Carson as well as Nicholas Galitzine. It is also the largest Netflix movie this week. That’s according to the latest batch of Top 10 DataNetflix releases its movies and shows every week.
That said — wow, has Purple HeartsIt caused a flurry of disgust among viewers.
Purple HeartsSummary of Netflix
“In spite of their many differences,”Netflix summarizes the movie in a way that is easy to understand. “Cassie (Sofia Carson), a struggling singer-songwriter, and Luke (Nicholas Galitzine), a troubled marine, agree to marry solely for military benefits. But when tragedy strikes, the line between real and pretend begins to blur.”
On Netflix’s latest global Top 10 English-language movies chart — covering the 7-day period that ended on August 7 — Purple HeartsIt was the most popular title. It’s currently #1 for the week, having garnered 102.5 million hours viewed. That total, by the way, far surpassed this week’s #2 movie (The Gray ManWith 38.9 millions hours viewed
However, there are many viewers who share their frustrations. Purple HeartsFollow us on Twitter. Particularly, how it deals with issues around the military and race. One Twitter user is lamentable: “People are hyping up Purple hearts as some kind of cute romance but it’s just American Military propaganda, it’s not even subtle, they even cheer about “killing and hunting Arabs,”Only the girl is able to make racist remarks, but the man doesn’t change his political opinion ?????”
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Review and reaction
On Rotten Tomatoes, there’s also a big disparity between the critics’ score for Purple HeartsThe aggregate user rating. To put it another way: 38% for the first, and 72% for both.
Nevertheless, user backlash continues as follows:
An IndieWire reviewerThe 38% Rotten Tomatoes score was achieved by a critique from. Purple HeartsIt was panned as a “super-cheap Netflix Original.” One that’s “so determined to satisfy the algorithm that it would lack any coherent sense of self if not for the fact that it was chiefly designed as a star vehicle for Disney Channel grad Sofia Carson.”
Notable: For two consecutive weeks, the film has been a top 10 global hit for Netflix. It’s not just the time spent watching, but also how popular it is. Purple HeartsIt is on the rise.
This week’s 102.5 million hours was a big increase over the 48.2 million hours of global viewing time that Purple HeartsThe following week, the amount was racked up