Guy Ritchie's Revolver has attracted universally bad reviews. Critics aren't just disappointed to Ritchie's follow-up to Swept Away – a disaster which many generously wrote off as Ritchie's wedding present to Madonna – they're getting outright violent. One British reviewer called it, "so incredibly, absurdly,
breathtakingly awful, I wanted to buy a revolver so I could shoot the
projectionist before turning the gun on myself." So how, then, did the marketing department manage to dredge up a pullquote for the poster? According to James Silver, they manufactured it. "Brilliant ... Guy Ritchie back to his best!" is actually the product of two seperate quotes, both published online: the "Brilliant" part came from a 3 AM Girls "interview" with a model who appears in the film, and the rest is from a promo piece put together by a PR film hired to promote it. Silver tracks the whole process in The Guardian. Interestingly, Revolver came in at number two at the British box office this weekend. Categories
Guy Ritchie's Revolver has attracted universally bad reviews. Critics aren't just disappointed to Ritchie's follow-up to Swept Away – a disaster which many generously wrote off as Ritchie's wedding present to Madonna – they're getting outright violent. One British reviewer called it, "so incredibly, absurdly,
breathtakingly awful, I wanted to buy a revolver so I could shoot the
projectionist before turning the gun on myself." So how, then, did the marketing department manage to dredge up a pullquote for the poster? According to James Silver, they manufactured it. "Brilliant ... Guy Ritchie back to his best!" is actually the product of two seperate quotes, both published online: the "Brilliant" part came from a 3 AM Girls "interview" with a model who appears in the film, and the rest is from a promo piece put together by a PR film hired to promote it. Silver tracks the whole process in The Guardian. Interestingly, Revolver came in at number two at the British box office this weekend. 'Fone Finds
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