The Rotten Tomatoes site is blunt, but it’s not killing cinema

Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villenueve is one of few film-makers to praise the site

Thu, Sep 21, 2017, 14:00 Updated: Thu, Sep 21, 2017, 20:40

Donald Clarke

Canadian director Denis Villeneuve loves his rotten fruit. Photograph: Ettore Ferrari/EPA

Canadian director Denis Villeneuve loves his rotten fruit. Photograph: Ettore Ferrari/EPA

What’s killing cinema this year? In the 1950s it was television. In the 1970s it was video. There have been suggestions that, in the new century, streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon will deal the final blow. Now, we have a new threat: studios hate Rotten Tomatoes.

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