My local newspaper's movie critic has panned both "Hancock" and "Kit Kitredge" for artistic reasons.

Let's see how they do at the box office.

airbear wrote: "My local newspaper's movie critic has panned both "Hancock" and "Kit Kitredge" for artistic reasons.

Let's see how they do at the box office."

There is a clear relationship. If they're "bad" that good - at least financially!

Basically, the less spent on quality, the more money there is left to advertise the product to death. Teens lap that up. No repear customers are needed, of course.