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IGN | Rotten Tomatoes Under Fire After PR Firm's Scheme to Pay Critics for Positive Reviews Uncovered (www.ign.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheSparrowPrince@lemmy.world to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 13 points 1 year 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.world 9 points 1 year ago

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