CRITICS? WHO NEEDS THEM? ASKS HIT PRODUCER-DIRECTOR

Brian Robbins, who directed Norbit and co-produced Wild Hogs, has taken a swing at the critics who swung at those two movies when they were released last month. "If you read reviews on a consistent basis on all films, you realize that the majority of films just get murdered," Robbins told today's (Thursday) Hollywood Reporter. "The only films that get good reviews are the ones that nobody sees. I just don't think you can make movies for critics." Both Norbit and Hogs have proved to be huge hits, despite their critical shellacking. What Robbins says he has learned from the success of the two films: "Don't pay attention to tracking and don't read the reviews."



08/03/2007