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by dustyleary 812 days ago
I thought it was considered "well known" that the Rotten Tomatoes audience rating is not trustworthy because of ballot stuffing by the film studios.
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I find that it’s fairly reliable unless there is a ton of money involved. A marvel movie with a giant budget that the studio needs to do ok? Probably gets a 10-20% curve. But a cryptic indie film? Generally pretty close. Basically usi
I think there were news of an agency doing the work to favor good critics reviews among the 50 first ones on the release of smaller budget movies.