Writer and director Harmony Korine is no stranger to controversy and backlash, so the reception to Spring Breakers was nothing out of the ordinary for the filmmaker. However, the most curious thing about the crime caper was just how polarizing it proved to be.
A 67 percent Rotten Tomatoes score would have you thinking it’s an above-average movie, whereas a 38 percent audience average from over 50,000 ratings says the opposite. Throw in a hugely lucrative box office run that hoovered up $31 million from theaters on a $5 million budget, as well as plenty of spots on 2013’s “Best Of” and “Worst Of” lists, and it’s easy to see why it split opinion so often.