Caixin
Dec 29, 2016 06:43 PM
BUSINESS

Film Booster, Movie Sites in War of Words Over Bad Reviews

The website of douban.com's film booking page shows the Chinese-made films See You Tomorrow (top, second from left) and The Great Wall (top, second from right) with very low ratings. Photo: Caixin
The website of douban.com's film booking page shows the Chinese-made films See You Tomorrow (top, second from left) and The Great Wall (top, second from right) with very low ratings. Photo: Caixin

(Beijing) — A war of words this week between a state-run movie booster and two leading film review sites had all the hallmarks of a Hollywood family-feud drama. The central theme was betrayal, and straddling the battle lines was a parent-like Communist Party trying hard not to take sides.

On one side of the battlefield were Douban and Maoyan, two of China’s most popular film-rating sites. On the other was a state-owned film publication, which accused the pair of unfairly trashing films, saying malicious reviews may harm the industry’s development.

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