Based on more than 19 reviews , Chappie received a score higher than 39/100 , which indicated that reviews were ambiguous or average on Metacritic .
On Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating , the film has a score of 37 out of 100 , based on 16 critics , indicating `` generally unfavorable reviews '' .
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