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A new report details how a PR firm paid off critics to post positive reviews of 2018 drama Ophelia on Rotten Tomatoes, prompting scrutiny over the reviews aggregator.
How many $50 reviewers did they have to buy though?
Looking at Ophelia… huh, it’s not on Rotten Tomatoes anymore…
Well, looking at ANOTHER crappy Daisy Ridley movie, Chaos Walking:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chaos_walking
21% rating on 154 reviews.
So 32 positive reviews and 122 negative reviews.
To hit 60% they would need to add 151 positive reviews. 183/305 total reviews.
At $50 a pop, those 151 positive reviews would run $7,550. Chump change.