A new report reveals that Rotten Tomatoes — the movie site used by millions of people to decide if a movie is worth seeing — was allegedly manipulated by a public relations company to boost a movie’s critical reception.
A PR firm called Bunker 15 was engaged to help the 2018 movie “Ophelia,” starring Daisy Ridley. The initial rating for the film on Rotten Tomatoes came in at a poor 46%, but according to Vulture, Bunker 15 paid some of the more obscure critics on the Rotten Tomatoes website to post positive reviews for $50 or more per review. An employee of Bunker 15 allegedly emailed a prospective reviewer, “It’s a Sundance film and the feeling is that it’s been treated a bit harshly by some
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