7: Burt Reynolds was director Milos Forman's first choice for the lead in «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest» but United Artists believed his appeal
with average moviegoers might prevent the film from attracting the critical attention they felt was necessary for the film to be a box - office hit.
Perhaps some will catch fire
with the average moviegoer and prove a hit across the country.
Not exact matches
«Arthouse» is a genre of film that has the distorted reputation of being something the
average moviegoer can't connect
with, so the
average moviegoer might not even try to connect
with it.
Anderson and Day - Lewis who collaborated on the story and character certainly created the film they wanted to make, but will have to contend
with the fact that the pacing and premise will turn off the
average moviegoer.
Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival to universally favorable reviews, Get Out might well do better
with critics than
moviegoers, based on the many empty seats at my screening and the upsettingly mediocre 6.1
average user rating it held pre-release on IMDb, a site whose votership has exhibited some regrettable tendencies to vote down certain racially representative works.
Fox cut a riveting, gorgeous trailer that they showed off initially at last spring's CinemaCon, but for the
average moviegoer, as social media monitor RelishMix observes, they've seen this all before
with «fans equating Red Sparrow to female - starring action films like Salt & Atomic Blonde.»
With the rise of Rotten Tomatoes as a resource for film reviews over the past few years, a lot more
moviegoers seem to be placing stock in a film's
average review score as opposed to the opinions of a few specific individuals that they trust.
But the
average moviegoer will leave bewildered and angry at this film and at themselves for investing in something
with ultimately little to say and
with no greater goal than to shock.
Thank goodness you're reading Mutant Reviewers from Hell: you're probably right there
with me in understanding the complexities of adoring what an «
average moviegoer» would refer to as «Total crap.»