-CoreyJ-

How does a professional film critic determine that their opinion on a movie has value?

I work in the film/TV industry and I find that more and more people rely on things like Rotten Tomato scores as a guide for whether or not they are going to invest time into a movie. Whenever a bad movie gets a good review (or vice versa), I 'm always curious what metric is being used to make sure the people reviewing the films are actually qualified for the job.

How confident were you when you were measuring the bag of sand compared to the gold statue? Did you expect the boulder?