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EPISODE · Jun 20, 2017 · 29 MIN

#10: Is Rotten Tomatoes really killing movies?

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Producer Brett Ratner has called Rotten Tomatoes 'the worst thing that we have in today’s movie culture'. An executive at an independent film distributor has branded this argument 'ridiculous', countering: 'F**k you, make a good movie!' Chris, joined by team members Jack and Jacob examine how review aggregation is affecting film consumption and how the role of the film critic is changing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Producer Brett Ratner has called Rotten Tomatoes 'the worst thing that we have in today’s movie culture'. An executive at an independent film distributor has branded this argument 'ridiculous', countering: 'F**k you, make a good movie!' Chris, joined by team members Jack and Jacob examine how review aggregation is affecting film consumption and how the role of the film critic is changing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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