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After her major feature debut in 2005’s The Sisterhood of Travelling Pants, Blake Lively hopped over to television as the lead in Gossip Girl, the CW teen drama fixture that ran for six seasons. Though busy with the show, Lively was still able to turn in a few memorable appearances in films, like the Certified Fresh crime saga The Town, and Green Lantern, where she would meet future husband Ryan Reynolds.
Though Gossip Girl ended in 2012, it would be several years before her film career would resume in earnest, starting with the romantic fantasy The Age of Adaline. But it would be shark movie The Shallows that would propel her to movie stardom. 2018’s A Simple Favor, where she goes tête-à-tête with Anna Kendrick, was another critical and box office hit. In her new movie, The Rhythm Section, Lively goes on a one-woman mission to take down those responsible for a plane crash that killed her family. As the action drama opens, we’re taking a look back and ranking Blake Lively’s best movies (and her worst) by Tomatometer!
#14
Adjusted Score: 4.477%
Critics Consensus: Hick’s talented young star is ill served by a film whose story wavers between discomfitingly inappropriate and simply muddled.
#13
Adjusted Score: 33.354%
Critics Consensus: Noisy, overproduced, and thinly written, Green Lantern squanders an impressive budget and decades of comics mythology.
#12
Adjusted Score: 28.526%
Critics Consensus: All I See Is You hints at a number of intriguing questions with its premise, but they dissolve in a stylish yet empty psychodrama that fails to connect.
#11
Adjusted Score: 40.422%
Critics Consensus: Like its characters who aren’t able to meet their potential, Accepted’s inconsistent and ridiculous plot gets annoying, despite a few laughs.
#10
Adjusted Score: 35.395%
Critics Consensus: Blake Lively delivers an impressive lead performance, but The Rhythm Section plods predictably through a story that could have used some flashier riffs.
#9
Adjusted Score: 57.774%
Critics Consensus: It’s undeniably messy, but Savages finds Oliver Stone returning to dark, fearlessly lurid form.
#8
Adjusted Score: 61.74%
Critics Consensus: The Age of Adaline ruminates on mortality less compellingly than similarly themed films, but is set apart by memorable performances from Blake Lively and Harrison Ford.
#7
Adjusted Score: 68.117%
Critics Consensus: The workable chemistry among the four leads combined with the enriching message make for a winning Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
#6
Adjusted Score: 70.71%
Critics Consensus: Reverential and offbeat, the road trip film Private lives of Pippa Lee takes emotional detours and is elevated by great performances, particularly that of Robin Wright-Penn.
#5
Adjusted Score: 80.68%
Critics Consensus: Café Society’s lovely visuals and charming performances round out a lightweight late-period Allen comedy whose genuine pleasures offset its amiable predictability.
#4
Adjusted Score: 81.038%
Critics Consensus: This adaptation of a beloved novel charms with its heartwarming tale of friendship and young adulthood; realistic portrayals of the lives of teenage girls lend the comedy-drama sincerity, and may capture hearts outside the female-centric demographic.
#3
Adjusted Score: 87.063%
Critics Consensus: Lean and solidly crafted, The Shallows transcends tired shark-attack tropes with nasty thrills and a powerful performance from Blake Lively.
#2
Adjusted Score: 95.164%
Critics Consensus: Twisty, twisted, and above all simply fun, A Simple Favor casts a stylish mommy noir spell strengthened by potent performances from Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively.
#1
Adjusted Score: 99.64%
Critics Consensus: Tense, smartly written, and wonderfully cast, The Town proves that Ben Affleck has rediscovered his muse — and that he’s a director to be reckoned with.
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