5 Clear Signs That Rotten Tomatoes Was Always Broken

Recent news about Rotten Tomatoes has cast doubt on the validity of the review platform, although a closer look at Rotten Tomatoes’ history and data makes it clear the Tomatometer was always broken. While Rotten Tomatoes’ review system has become nearly synonymous with film criticism, the system has always been seriously flawed, and recent revelations make it even clearer why it shouldn’t have been relied on so heavily as a metric in film analysis or discourse in the first place.