'Ballerina' Turns Heads With First Rotten Tomatoes Score
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina debuts in select theaters on June 5 with its country-wide release on June 6.
The film is headlined by lead actress Ana de Armas, who plays the role of Eve Macarro, a ballerina who begins to train in the traditions of the Ruska Roma. It takes place following the events of John Wick 3: Parabellum.
Ahead of the films's release, de Armas praised Keanu Reeves, who will make an appearance as John Wick in the new spin-off. “His creativity and input during the rehearsal is always so inspiring, he knows these films better than anyone and I loved having him by my side. When I saw him walking on set dressed as John, it was pretty surreal," de Armas explained.
"I’ll never forget that day. Keanu has always been a huge influence on me, since the day we met. I never imagined I was going to work with him again; and here we are, living a really cool full circle moment.”
With the film slated for release, Rotten Tomatoes revealed the first reviews for the John Wick spin-off - and fans are in for a treat. Traditionally Rotten Tomatoes withholding the scores until the day of release is a bad sign for the film, but not in this case as Ballerina debuted with a very respectable 79-percent after 47 reviews.
The first reviews are in for #Ballerina - currently it's Fresh at 79% on the Tomatometer, with 47 reviews. https://t.co/8XCPEkQkGP pic.twitter.com/EZW9S45bBE
— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) June 4, 2025
After adding another 42 reviews since Rotten Tomatoes fired off that tweet, the score for Ballerina sits at 78-percent, which bodes well for its theatrical release. Fans took to social media to share their reactions for the score.
"Expected it to be higher but this is cool too ????," one person said.
"I just left the cinema, what a surreal film, incredible action scenes and Ana de Armas was born for the role ❤️," offered another.
"Should be 85%+. The action and stunts were high octane. Ana kicks butt!" added a third.
Ballerina releases country-wide on June 6.
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