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Rosewater has generally received positive reviews.
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Rosewater was released in 2014 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 307 reviews, giving Rosewater (2014) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 75%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 69%.
With a score of 67%, Rosewater is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2014, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2014 with similar scores include films like The Judge, Inherent Vice and Under the Skin.
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