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The topic of my research paper is going to be the following question... Do early critic reviews affect overall viewer ratings and/or ticket sales of new movies? The primary source of this topic is RottenTomatoes.com. This site displays critic reviews and audience reviews for comparison. I have chosen to write about this topic because I enjoy movies and I tend to rely on overall movie reviews before I see them. I believe the ideal audience of my paper would be high school and college students, who monetarily rely on critics as to which movies are worth their $11.25.