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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
There is usually a wide difference large enough to build a Walmart Supercenter between what the so-called critics like and popular opinion. The most egregious example was in 1977 when Dennis Cunningham, movie critic for WCBS-NY rated "The Turning Point" with Mikhail Baryshnikov as a "10" and Star Wars as a "-1". I think history has spoken, and George Lucas is happier with his bank account than the producer of "The Turning Point"
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Totally agree. One HUGE example of this is the movie "Reagan". If I recall the difference on Rotten Tomatoes was something like 19% positive for Critics and 98% for public opinion. Of course much of this disparity can be ascribed to L<>R stuff.