Paul Schrader Says Studios ‘Game’ Rotten Tomatoes Amid Allegations of Corrupt Review Tactics

Paul Schrader Says Studios ‘Game’ Rotten Tomatoes Amid Allegations of Corrupt Review Tactics

Paul Schrader is calling out something rotten about review-aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. In a Vulture exposé over allegations that favorable reviews on RT can be purchased, Schrader weighed in on the current state of cinema when reviews are aggregated into a numeric score. “The studios didn’t invent Rotten Tomatoes, and most of them don’t like it,” Schrader said. “But the system is broken. Audiences are dumber. Normal people don’t go through…