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Date: 2001-06-05 12:01:25

Comment:

Critics are definitely paid off my movie studios. Typically when they know the film is bad, they will offer small time critics from newspapers and radio stations that know one has heard of, and wine and dine them to a premier. Who knows how they comp these losers but somehow the get a more or less fabricated quote to promote their latest flop. It's all about getting people into the theatre the first weekend because after word of mouth is out, the picture is doomed. Anyone with a brain should recognize these tactics when these one line reviews are printed in large type and their source is the size of a legal disclaimer. The truth always lies in small print. Maybe Sony is getting cheap, and refuse to comp these small town idiots. As far as I am concered a paid off reporter and a fake one are both lewd business practices. Sony should concentrate on making better films and not on covering their ass!