We posted this weekend about the opening weekend box office success of Silent Hill despite the critical panning the film received. What I find even more interesting though is the wide discrepency between fan reviews of the movie and critic reviews of it.

The New York Times gave the movie a 10 out of a 100 and the San Francisco Chronicle gave it a bit fat zero, but according to sites like Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, fans seemed to like it.

Metacritic
Critics: 29 percent
Users: 88 percent

Rotten Tomatoes:
Critics: 29 percent
Users: 75 percent

So is this a case of fanboyism or critics not getting it?

Moviegoers Really Like Silent Hill and Silent Hill is Worth Seeing

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