mixed reviews
Split critical reception
Mixed reviews describes a response that combines both positive and negative assessments.
A film gets mixed reviews when some critics praise it and others pan it, or when individual reviews find both strengths and flaws: The restaurant opened to mixed reviews—great food, terrible service.
The phrase signals that opinion is divided or that something has offsetting merits and shortcomings.
- polarizingCausing sharp division
- dividedSeparated into portions
- lukewarmMildly warm temperature
- mediocreOf only moderate quality
- unevenNot smooth or balanced
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- receptionacclaim, applause, backlash, buzz, criticism
- ratingsA rating, rating, one star, five stars, rating scale
mixed reviewsrave reviews
Highly positive critiques
critical acclaim · critical darling · panned · critical flop
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