 On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 88 % based on 247 reviews and an average rating is 8 / 10 . The site 's critical consensus reads , " Bold , bloody , and stylistically daring , Django Unchained is another incendiary masterpiece from Quentin Tarantino . " Metacritic , which assigns a weighted average score to reviews from mainstream critics , gives the film a score of 81 out of 100 based on 42 reviews , indicating " universal acclaim " . 
