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Yeah it's kind of empty hype, but can (in a limited sense) give an idea of how a film will be received critically/commercially (sometimes)
i.e. You could tell Netflix's titles were not going to go anywhere last season when WHITE NOISE only did 4-5 minutes. PANS LABYRINTH was one of the best received titles ever at Cannes and (for the film it was) was a huge smash.
cannes seems to be pretty liberal with it's 11 minute ovations May 20, 09:54
Cannes always overly-enthusiastic about French filmmakers (see: Titane) Homecourt advantage kind of deal. {nm} May 20, 10:20
Titane of course actually was critically well received, just it also was far from a commercial kind of film. {nm} May 20, 10:22
Won the Palme D'Or... didn't even get noninated for an Oscar {nm} May 20, 11:45
Ovation Watch is just the trades way of having their own version of horse-race political polls to create "news" {nm} May 20, 10:24
Yeah it's kind of empty hype, but can (in a limited sense) give an idea of how a film will be received critically/commercially (sometimes) May 20, 10:34
TOP GUN: MAVERICK is an example of a huge box office hit that was only lukewarmly received at Cannes on the flip side. {nm} May 20, 10:35
Do people realize that most of the audiences at those premieres are involved with making the movies they're applauding? {nm} May 20, 10:43
Obviously some of the smaller festivals are likely skewed too. But Cannes/Venice should not be (at least for US films) {nm} May 20, 10:50
Dial of Destiny got a standing ovation at Cannes. Is that 'nuff said about the relevance of standing ovations? {nm} May 20, 11:12