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Four-panel full-color movie comic. Panel 1: cartoon prisoner trekking through Oregon wilderness with a heavy pack. Panel 2: large 93% Tomatometer badge. Panel 3: 80% Popcornmeter badge. Panel 4: consensus card reading gripping hard-hitting thriller.
Four panels: cartoon 1930s wilderness trek, 93% Tomatometer tomato, 80% Popcornmeter, critic-consensus card. Cartoon only — no likenesses. · Comic: Topics / Drew’s Comic Newsroom. Source: Rotten Tomatoes.

Movie Reviews

The Weight (2026) opens at 93% Tomatometer, 80% Popcornmeter

What happened

Rotten Tomatoes lists Padraic McKinley’s The Weight (2026) at 93% on the Tomatometer from 103 critic reviews and 80% on the Popcornmeter from 100+ verified audience ratings as the film opens wide Sept. 18, 2026. The page synopsis follows Samuel Murphy in 1933 Oregon — torn from his daughter, sent to a brutal work camp, then tempted by Warden Clancy with early release if he smuggles gold through deadly wilderness while betrayal festers in the crew. Rating R for language and some violence/bloody images; runtime about 1h 55m; Vertical distribution. That is the Movie Reviews filing: live scores, opening weekend, and the critics’ temperature check.

RT’s Critics Consensus as reported: “The Weight turns a stripped-down tale of desperation into a gripping, hard-hitting thriller, elevated by Ethan Hawke's magnetic performance and Padraic McKinley's assured direction.” Early notices compare the nerve to Treasure of the Sierra Madre / Sorcerer vibes and praise period detail. Forest greens and tomato red, white gutters, cartoon characters only — never likenesses of living actors. Source URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_weight_2026.

Opening weekend is when scoreboards matter most to casual browsers. Readers get 93% / 103 reviews, 80% / 100+ verified, the R rating and 115-minute runtime, the Sept 18 wide date, and the “gripping, hard-hitting” consensus beat — a Movies comic, not a spoiler reel.

Why it matters

A 93% critic open with a solid audience meter is a clean weekend browsing card for a non-franchise thriller. Color on the twin meters. White gutters. Readers get Tomatometer, Popcornmeter, critic consensus as reported, and the RT URL on the page.

Conclusion

Padraic McKinley’s The Weight (2026) opens Sept. 18 with a 93% Tomatometer (103 reviews) and 80% Popcornmeter (100+ verified), with RT’s consensus calling it a gripping, hard-hitting thriller, per Rotten Tomatoes. Cartoon only. Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_weight_2026

Source: Rotten Tomatoes