Matthew Prince Quotes on Movies (3 Quotes)

While you might not expect it, predicting whether a movie is good or bad is a lot like determining whether an email message is spam or not.

We took all these data points and fed them into a database. Then we looked at how successful the films were, based on a variety of indicators, including the number of awards it received, how much money it made at the box office and how many people had voted for a particular film on the Internet Movie Database .

If you only have one or two producers on a film, you're statistically likely to have a stinker. That's the opposite of the idea that too many cooks spoil the brew.