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Article: Universal stands by `best reviewed' claim.(Preview)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
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Byline: ROGER EBERT Universal Press Syndicate
Q: While reading my local paper over the weekend I saw an ad for "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" that called it "the Best Reviewed Movie of the Year!" with a note stating this was from Rotten Tomatoes. So I went to Rottentomatoes.com and looked up 2005 movies, and found that "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" has a Tomatometer rating of 85 percent - very respectable, but hardly the best of 2005. In fact, Rotten Tomatoes rates it as No. 35 in its list of 2005 movies. Rated higher than "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" are such wide release movies as: "Murderball," "March of the Penguins," "Kung Fu Hustle," "Millions" and "Broken Flowers." Why (and how) ...