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Not to make too much out of this, but for the last few months, whenever I read a SZ review about a movie she really likes I usually scoot over to Rottentomatoes.com just to see how the other critics weigh in and I've noticed a startling inverse relationship. If SZ loves a movie, it nearly always ranks as a "splat" on the tomatometer. Conversly, if she hates a film, it almost always seems to do real well by most of the other critics and receives a nice plump tomato rating (meaning good).
This review, like so many others, continues to support my theory.
Make of it what you will. Try it yourself.
About the only thing that seems to explain this phenomenon might be the kind of movie being reviewed. Has anyone else noticed that SZ just seems to adore movies that aren't about too much and usually hates the ones that reach for any sort of deeper significance? I have- and so has the tomatometer.
Actually, I now use a negative SZ review as my first really good indicator that a picture might be worth seeing.
Honestly, Salon could do a whole lot better by finding a reviewer that isn't put-off by any whiff of embedded intelligence or social commentary in a film. I do think that SZ might work out real well as a daytime TV critic though. Just a thought.
