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Aug 31, 2017 · Theoretically, a 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating could be made up entirely of middling-to-positive reviews. And if half of the critics the site aggregates only sort of like a movie, and...
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- Rotten Tomatoes' Scoring System is Fundamentally Broken. Despite numerous issues with the integrity of the data populating Rotten Tomatoes' scoring system, even if the review data were entirely legitimate, the formulas at play create an incredibly skewed score favoring mediocre movies.
- Some Rotten Tomatoes Critics Were Paid For Positive Reviews. In a recent report by Variety, it was revealed that a PR firm was working to do more than simply gaming the Rotten Tomatoes system and actually went so far as to pay some reviewers directly for positive reviews.
- Rotten Tomatoes Review Scores Are Prone to Review Bombing and Studio Gaming. Of course, even if the audience data were "clean," the very nature of the Rotten Tomatoes system is prone to gaming, both for the audience score and the critic score.
- Rotten Tomatoes Broke Its Entire Audience Scoring System in 2010. When it comes to historical data, Rotten Tomatoes' audience scores are even worse, as the data suggests the audience scoring system was broken completely in 2010.
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This basically means Rotten using it's dumbass "evaluating system" a movie which got reviews ranging from 4.5 to 6 out of 10 can get a 100% "tomatometer" if Rotten thinks all those reviewers liked the movie while another movie which also got 4.5 to 6 out of 10 can get a 0% "tomatometer" if Rotten thinks all those reviewers disliked the movie.
The final Rotten Tomatoes percentage is not indicative of the average score of all eligible reviews, but a reflection of what percentage of those reviews are positive, where all positive reviews (regardless of score) garners a 100%, and all negative reviews (regardless of score) garners 0%. So, a movie scoring a 90% does not mean the average ...
Jun 16, 2021 · Films on Rotten Tomatoes are given a “Tomatometer” score out of 100 per cent, based on how many critics give the film a positive review. For example, Cruella’s 74 per cent means that roughly...
Dec 28, 2020 · Hypothetically, a film to which every critic gives a rating of 3.5/5, for instance, would attain a Rotten Tomatoes score of 100%. It’s unlikely that this would occur outside of this hypothetical scenario, but is plausible nonetheless. Related article: MUST WATCH – Hollywood Insider’s CEO Pritan Ambroase’s Love Letter to Black Lives Matter – VIDEO.
In light of threads like The downfall of M. Night Shyamalan (A graphical representation), and the fact that Rotten Tomatoes scores are so often cited as evidence of a film's merit, I am constantly amazed that anyone takes this website seriously. Aggregating critic scores is a fine idea.