"fruitvale station" received critical acclaim. the film has a 94% "certified fresh" rating on rotten tomatoes with an average rating of 8.1/10, based on 195 reviews. the critical consensus states: "passionate and powerfully acted, "fruitvale station" serves as a celebration of life, a condemnation of death, and a triumph for star michael b. jordan." on metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 85, based on 46 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". cinemascore reported that audiences gave an "a" average grade.