For about two weeks, ‘Lady Bird,’ a coming of age tale directed by Greta Gerwig, was the best-reviewed film ever on Rotten Tomatoes, sitting at a perfect 100 percent score after nearly 200 reviews. And then came Cole Smithey, a film critic known for his contrarian reviews, to give the movie its first ‘rotten’ score. Let’s ignore for a moment the fact that he originally scored the movie a B-, which is a passing grade by pretty much any standard. Let’s also ignore the fact Smithey calls himself “the smartest film critic in the world” on his website. Let’s even…
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