▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁review ▁aggreg ator ▁website ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁Children ▁of ▁the ▁Corn ▁holds ▁a ▁ 3 6 % ▁appro val ▁rating ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁critic ▁reviews , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 3 . 9 8 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁cons ensus ▁reads : ▁" Children ▁of ▁the ▁Corn ''' s ▁strong ▁prem ise ▁and ▁beginning ▁gets ▁sh uck ed ▁away ▁for ▁a ▁k idd ie ▁thr iller ▁that ▁runs ▁in ▁circles .” " ▁On ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁which ▁assign s ▁a ▁normal ized ▁rating ▁to ▁reviews , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁weight ed ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 4 5 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁based ▁on ▁ 6 ▁critics , ▁indicating ▁" m ixed ▁or ▁average ▁reviews ". ▁ ▁Roger ▁E bert ▁from ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Sun ▁Times ▁awarded ▁the ▁film ▁ 1 / 4 ▁stars , ▁writing , ▁" By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁Children ▁of ▁the ▁Corn , ▁the ▁only ▁thing ▁moving ▁behind ▁the ▁rows ▁is ▁the ▁audience , ▁fle eing ▁to ▁the ▁ex its ." ▁Vincent ▁Can by ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁wrote , ▁" As ▁such ▁mov ies ▁go , ▁Children ▁of ▁the ▁Corn ▁is ▁fairly ▁entertain ing , ▁if ▁you ▁can ▁st om ach ▁the ▁g ore ▁and ▁the ▁sound ▁of ▁child ▁actors ▁trying ▁to ▁talk ▁in ▁something ▁that ▁might ▁be ▁called ▁far mb elt ▁bib lic al . ▁" ▁ ▁Ian ▁Nathan ▁from ▁Empire ▁Magazine ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁ 3 /