Earl Dittman
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Earl Dittman is a film critic for Wireless Magazines, a syndicated journal distributed in movie theaters and record stores around the country. Dittman is known mainly for being very prolific in supplying positive, and heavily quoted, review blurbs for widely panned movies. He has been heavily criticized by other critics who allege that Dittman's reviews are intended to get him mentioned in press material for the movie, which has given him the pejorative title of a quote whore.
Excerpts of his reviews include:
- Racing Stripes - “Soon to take its place as one of this generation's most hilarious, smart and entertaining family classics.”
- Son of the Mask - “Hilarious! Wonderfully witty. A comedy for the child in all of us.”
- Guess Who - “Outrageously funny! Absolute comic perfection!”
- The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl - “Spectacular! An eye-popping, action-packed masterpiece!”
- Scooby Doo - “You'll howl with laughter!”
- Into the Blue - “A heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat thriller. Jessica Alba gives a knockout performance.” [1]
Critical reception for the listed movies ranged from tepid to extremely negative.
[edit] External links
- "Hyperbole For Sale: How Earl Dittman And The Studios Have Destroyed Film Criticism"
- Earl Dittman Exposed: Film criticism's greatest shame
- Movie Quote Whores by Jim Emerson, Roger Ebert's website editor
- Ask Yahoo!: Has the movie critic from "Wireless Magazines" ever disliked a movie?
- Earl Dittman: America's Worst Movie Critic
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