30 Ways to Recognize How to Avoid Seeing a Bad Movie

1. The movie's ad line includes the words, "wacky."

2. You think its coming attraction is mediocre, and then realize that these are actually what the studio considers the best scenes.

3. The producer, writer, director, editor, cinematographer, music composer, co-producer, associate producer and costume designer all have the same last name.

4. It's billed as "From the makers of..." and you didn't like that movie.

5. After the title are the words, ": The Movie."

6. It has one of those audience-leaving-the-theater television ads, and two people standing together say, in unison, "We loved it!!"

7. A newspaper can't get any of its regular critics to review it, so they assign the person who usually writes about mall openings.

8. The studio refuses to let any critic see it before it opens. They try to keep the cast out, too. And executives.

9. Its rave review quotes come from newspapers in Buffalo, Dayton, Fort Worth, Birmingham or Salt Lake City.

10. Its main...rave...review has a...lot of...dots...in it.

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