Rotten Tomatoes Under Fire After PR Firm's Scheme to Pay Critics for Positive Reviews Uncovered - IGN
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A new report details how a PR firm paid off critics to post positive reviews of 2018 drama Ophelia on Rotten Tomatoes, prompting scrutiny over the reviews aggregator.
  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    411·
    10 months ago

    The best part - Rotten Tomatoes can be manipulated by paying several people $50. Five Hamiltons.

    I know reviewing movies doesn’t pay well, but I didn’t know it was that bad.

    • Jordan Lund@lemmy.oneEnglish
      141·
      10 months ago

      How many $50 reviewers did they have to buy though?

      Looking at Ophelia… huh, it’s not on Rotten Tomatoes anymore…

      Well, looking at ANOTHER crappy Daisy Ridley movie, Chaos Walking:

      https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chaos_walking

      21% rating on 154 reviews.

      So 32 positive reviews and 122 negative reviews.

      To hit 60% they would need to add 151 positive reviews. 183/305 total reviews.

      At $50 a pop, those 151 positive reviews would run $7,550. Chump change.

    • psycho_driver@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      If you really want to get depressed research how much representatives and senators have been bought off with in the recent past.