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Rotten Tomatoes 'the worst thing about movie culture today', says Hollywood director

Director, producer and one half of James Packer's RatPac Entertainment, Brett Ratner has labelled film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes "the worst thing we have in today's movie culture."

Ratner, who rose to commercial fame directing the Rush Hour films, took aim at the website during a speech at the Sun Valley Film Festival in the US.

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Rotten Tomatoes ranks films based on the balance of favourable vs. unfavourable critic reviews rather than ratings of the films themselves, with those attracting favourable reviews at a rate of 60 per cent or more considered 'fresh'.

Ratner's comments suggest filmgoers and studios alike rely too heavily on a number, rather than engaging with the ideas of any individual critic.