"Quote whore" or "blurb whore" is a clearly pejorative term used by some movie reviewers (for example, Roger Ebert and his tv partner Richard Roeper) to describe other critics who provide reviews well in advance of a movie's release and whose reviews are uniformly positive. Such reviews feature stock phrases (such as "spectacular," "edge-of-the-seat," "thrilling," "riveting," "joy ride," "triumph," "tour de force," etc.), which are almost always followed by one or more exclamation points. Movie studios can then use those quotes in their advertising. Look up pejorative in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films. ... Roger Ebert (right) with Russ Meyer, 1970. ... Richard Roeper (born August 1, 1960) is a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and, since September 2000, has co-hosted Ebert & Roeper with film critic Roger Ebert. ... An exclamation mark (also exclamation point, and (rarely) mark of admiration) is a punctuation mark or, more pedantically, a tone mark. ... A movie studio is a controlled environment for the making of a film. ... Advertising, generally speaking, is the promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas, usually performed by an identified sponsor. ...

Many "quote whores" are perceived as sharing positive, quotable reviews in exchange for free junkets, food, movie-related trinkets and other items of value—or, indeed, free advertising for their own publication. The movie junket commonly occurs in movie marketing. ... Trinket may refer to: an object (purchased or traded) or an ornament of little value or worth (at least to one party in the transaction); Trinket Island - an island of the Nicobar Islands (also the name of its main settlement) the former name of New Zealand rock band The Datsuns...

Reviewers using the phrase wish to voice their opinion that the other reviewers demean the profession by in effect selling positive reviews for movies that do not deserve them.

One reviewer who was widely labeled a quote whore was David Manning, whose quotations often appeared on promotional posters for Columbia Pictures. In early June 2001, the company admitted that Manning was an entirely fictional creation of their marketing department. David Manning was a fictitous film critic, created by a marketing executive working for Sony Corporation around July 2000 to give consistently good reviews for releases from Sony subsidiary Columbia Pictures. ... Columbia Pictures current logo. ... It has been suggested that Product marketing be merged into this article or section. ...

In 2003, the homepage for Nullsoft's Winamp media player showed a mock-up of quote whores saying "This is the last thing you will ever have to download!!! It's just that good!". The quote was signed by Fake Guy from Fake Newspaper. [1] 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Winamp is a multimedia player made by Nullsoft and eventually acquired by America Online. ...

In Britain, Paul Ross writes a weekly column, Paul Ross at the Movies, for a leading Sunday tabloid newspaper which has been criticised for "Quote Whoring". He is infamous for giving glowing reviews for films which generally received poor reviews amongst real critics and therefore his blurbs consistently appear on movie posters and on DVD covers in Britain. Paul Ross (b. ... A tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. ...

It is not known whether blurbs from serial "quote whores" on movie posters actually stop potential moviegoers from paying to see a film.

See also

• movie marketing
• movie junket

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External links

• Hollywood Bitchslap's Critic Watch article series, with articles and analysis of quote whorage, film criticism and press junkets
• Definition of "blurb whore/quote whore" at Word Spy
• "The Weekly Blurb," A satirical parody featuring a shameless movie "quote whore" named Mal Valour
• Expose on Earl Dittman, a well known "quote whore"
• The Quote Whore: Blog epitomizing the quote whoredom