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===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Transformers: Revenge of the filmFallen'' has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's critical consensus reads, "''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' is a noisy, underplotted, and overlong special effects extravaganza that lacks a human touch."<ref name="rt">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen|title=''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}|archive-date=May 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529205626/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen/|url-status=live}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has an average score of 35 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen|title=''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' (2009)|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=2011-07-07|archive-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926094832/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen|url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date= 2009-06-29 |author= Pamela Mcclintock |title= 'Transformers' on top with $390.4 mil |url= https://variety.com/2009/film/box-office/transformers-tops-with-390-4-mil-1118005468/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703063140/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005468.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1|archive-date= July 3, 2009|df= mdy-all|access-date= 2018-12-30 }}</ref>
According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''Revenge of the Fallen'' was Bay's worst-reviewed film at the time of release, faring even worse than ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]'' (2001).<ref name="washingtonpost-critics">{{Cite news|last=Zak|first=Dan|date=2009-07-01|title=Reaching Critical Mess|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR2009063004206.html|access-date=2010-11-03|archive-date=December 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212115550/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR2009063004206.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Betsy Sharkey of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' described the film as "in-your-face, ear-splitting and unrelenting. It's easy to walk away feeling like you've spent 2 hours in the mad, wild, hydraulic embrace of a [[Car crusher|car compactor]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-24-et-transformers24-story.html|title=Entertainment: 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'|date=2009-06-24|first=Betsy|last=Sharkey|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309104051/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/24/entertainment/et-transformers24|url-status=live}}</ref>
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