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>>tortil+(OP)
Rotten tomatoes is actually very useful if you know the magic formula:

* If tomatometer & audience score are within 5% of each other, you can trust the ratings to give you a decent indiciation of movie quality.

* If tomatometer is more than 15%+ higher than audience score, it means it's an artsy fartsy movie that critics like and movies don't.

* If audience score is 15%+ higher than tomatometer, it's a fun movie even if it's not oscar worthy. (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/old_school is a perfect example)

>>ernest+d93
You also need to understand how rating works there in general.

80% fresh means that 80% of reviews are "positive" it's not 8/10 how some people like to think.

>>0x457+sd3
It is surprising how many people here don't know that. A 100% movie is not the best movie of all time, it is just a movie that no one disliked.

I would much rather watch a movie that has a 50% on RT and a 70 on Metacritic than a movie that has 100% on RT and a 70 on Metacritic. I might not like that 50% movie, but those ratings show some people really love it. The 100% movie's ratings show that everyone kinda likes it, but few people feel strongly about it meaning it is probably not a very interesting watch.

>>slg+4F3
> few people feel strongly about it

It doesn't imply that at all

>>darker+nq4
Averages? 50% with 70 (wild variance) vs 100% with small variance, both same mean

>>3abito+mu4
Exactly. If all the reviews are between 51-100 and the mean is 70, there probably aren’t going to be a lot or 90+ ratings. But if half the reviews are below 50 and the mean is still 70, that implies a higher number of 90+ ratings to drag the mean up.