French term
United Kingdom
MA French and Arabic Translator
Native in: English 
Works in: Arabic to English, French to English
divise
Le résultat - le film divise remportant un score correct dans le monde, son meilleur depuis Dark Shadows.
| 3 +3 | got mixed reviews / was controversial |
FPC
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| 4 +5 | divided audiences |
Conor McAuley
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| 4 +2 | received a mixed reception |
Justin Reeve
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| 4 | divisive |
MassimoA
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Non-PRO (2): Peter Shortall, Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
got mixed reviews / was controversial
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
: Like "got fixed reviews" a lot.
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philgoddard
: But "was controversial" is incorrect.
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Ok. I was thinking because it deals with touchy subjects or is considered excessive in some way like in here https://audasioux.fr/pourquoi-le-film-joker-divise/
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Anastasia Kalantzi
: Or by the verbs diverge or differ, say, In certain social situations, it's best to maintain the status quo and not diverge.
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Lara Barnett
: "mixed reviews" is a slight over-translation IMO.
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France
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Native in: English (Variants: Irish, British, Wales / Welsh, UK, Scottish)
Works in: French to English, English
divided audiences
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Note added at 19 mins (2022-07-27 12:41:26 GMT)
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More Burton:
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May 19, 2022 — The film ***divided audiences*** when it was first released, with many who loved the original Willy Wonka believing *Burton's take was a little too ...
Or "divided opinion"– more from the cult UFO "genre", regarding David Lynch's "Blue Velvet":
David Lynch releasing 51 minutes of lost footage from 'Blue ...https://faroutmagazine.co.uk › david-lynch-releasing-5...
Feb 19, 2019 — Typically, the film ***divided opinion*** upon its release but still wound up earning *Lynch his second Academy Award nomination for Best Director ...
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Note added at 20 mins (2022-07-27 12:42:29 GMT)
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UFO: see a previous question posted by Verity.
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FPC
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Thanks FPC!
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Anastasia Kalantzi
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Thanks Anastasia!
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Lara Barnett
: This sounds the most natural in the flow of the text to me.
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Thanks Lara!
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Daryo
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Thanks Daryo!
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Emmanuella
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Merci Emmanuella !
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United States
Archaeologist, Historian, Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, German to English, and 1 more.
received a mixed reception
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Conor McAuley
: Got a mixed reception is good.
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Discussion
Personally I think the emphasis is very much on money and thus box office take and audiences, but...no but actually, there's also "résultat", which also connotes financial aspects.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (the film referred to here, methinks): $296.5 million
Dark Shadows: $245.5 million
So, since box office take indicates how a film is received by the general public, and not by critics, you can't say reviews.