Jackass: Best and Last movie has swayed critics on Rotten Tomatoes but there’s more to it than meets the eye. It’s the fifth and final installment starring Johnny Knoxville in a long-running beloved series.
What is Jackass: Best and Last’s Rotten Tomatoes score and why is there a catch?
At the time of this article’s publication, Jackass: Best and Last holds a stellar 92% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes, based on more than 25 reviews. That’s a good sign for the movie to generate hype with early positive word-of-mouth ahead of its Friday debut.
With its current Rotten Tomatoes score, Jackass: Best and Last has also become the best-reviewed movie in the franchise. It has surpassed 2022’s Jackass Forever, which received a great score of 86%. But here comes a shocking twist to the overall situation.
While it holds a 92% score, many individual critic reviews don’t rate it very highly, mostly landing at 3/5, 6/10, or not-so-impressive grades. The situation for Jackass: Best and Last is slightly more concerning on Metacritic, where it is struggling to reach recommendable status.
At the time of writing this article, the movie holds a Metascore of 63 out of 100, based on nearly 20 critic reviews. That score puts it below Jackass Forever and 2006’s Jackass Number Two. Both these movies received a Metascore of 74 out of 100 and 66 out of 100, respectively.
The Jackass franchise kicked off in 2000 with the MTV series. Later, it expanded into movies and more.
As for Jackass: Best and Last, it’s helmed by Jeff Tremaine. Besides Knoxville, the cast also features Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Wee Man, Dave England, Danger Ehren, and Preston Lacy. Rachel Wolfson, Jasper, Dark Shark, Poopies, and Zach Holmes are also playing crucial roles.
The producers of the film include Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze, Shanna Zablow Newton, and Knoxville. Pete Chiappetta, Anthony Tittanegro, Andrew Lary, and Greg Iguchi are the executive producers.
Jackass: Best and Last releases in theaters on June 26, 2026.
