Brett Ratner has attacked Rotten Tomatoes, accusing it of destroying the film industry.

The director and producer – who has been part of films such as X-Men: The Last Stand, Rush Hour, and Horrible Bosses – complained that there is too much focus on a "number", which he claims can often mislead the public and not paint the full picture about the quality of a movie.

Rotten Tomatoes aggregates online reviews for each movie and gives it a score based on the percentage of positive reviews it receives.

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"The worst thing that we have in today's movie culture is Rotten Tomatoes," he said at the Sun Valley Film Festival (via Entertainment Weekly). "I think it's the destruction of our business.

"I have such respect and admiration for film criticism. When I was growing up, film criticism was a real art. And there was intellect that went into that.

"Now, it's about a number. A compounded number of how many positives vs negatives. Now it's about, 'What's your Rotten Tomatoes score?' And that's sad, because the Rotten Tomatoes score was so low on Batman v Superman, I think it put a cloud over a movie that was incredibly successful."

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 27%, based on 354 reviews.

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Ratner continued by saying that low Rotten Tomatoes scores put off people from going to see a movie.

"People don't realise what goes into making a movie like that," he said. "It's mind-blowing. It's just insane. It's hurting the business. It's getting people to not see a movie.

"In Middle America, it's, 'Oh, it's a low Rotten Tomatoes score so I'm not going to see it, because it must suck'. But that number is an aggregate and one that nobody can figure out exactly what it means, and it's not always correct.

"I've seen some great movies with really abysmal Rotten Tomatoes scores. What's sad is film criticism has disappeared. It's really sad."

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Rotten Tomatoes told Entertainment Weekly that the Tomatometer score is a "useful decision-making tool for fans" but added that it sees the score as "a starting point for them to begin discussing, debating and sharing their own opinions".

From: Digital Spy