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bif

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Tue Nov 12, 2019, 08:38 AM Nov 2019

I've become pretty skeptical about Rotten Tomatoes rating system [View all]

I usually check it before I watch a movie. If the critics give it a 50% or higher, I'll give it a shot. But when they give a movie super high marks, the movie often disappoints. They seem to like dialogue heavy, esoteric movies. Case in point, they loved "The Lovers." I got about 30 minutes into it and had to stop. It was supposed to be a dark comedy, but it was about people not communicating. I found it almost Bergmanesque. And believe me, I'm not into shoot-em-up action movies for the most part. But I tend to put more faith in the audience scores. Any thoughts?

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