In an ironic twist, after years of marginalizing film reviewers, Hollywood is facing a glut of movies and shrinking pool of established reviewers to get the word out. It turns out the success
of movies that aren't blockbusters often depends on people's "consistent relationship [with a critic] to get them to the theater."
Tom Bernard, co-president of Sony Pictures
Classics, says there are "notable" declines in movie attendance in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, San Diego and Seattle, because of the departures of influential film critics in those
cities.
"[Editors] felt they should get new critics that connect to the younger online audience, but they don't realize how the box office is affected when the critic changes," says
Bernard.
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