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cannes seems to be pretty liberal with it's 11 minute ovations dennkenn May 20, 09:54

Cannes always overly-enthusiastic about French filmmakers (see: Titane) Homecourt advantage kind of deal. {nm} notfabio May 20, 10:20

Titane of course actually was critically well received, just it also was far from a commercial kind of film. {nm} notfabio May 20, 10:22

Won the Palme D'Or... didn't even get noninated for an Oscar {nm} TheWeekendWarrior 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} wow platinum 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) notfabio 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} notfabio 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} TheWeekendWarrior May 20, 10:43

Depends. Obviously Studio Premieres are 90% planted folks with direct financial incentive to applaud. Vs Festival that is usually 5-10% {nm} notfabio May 20, 10:49

Obviously some of the smaller festivals are likely skewed too. But Cannes/Venice should not be (at least for US films) {nm} notfabio May 20, 10:50

Dial of Destiny got a standing ovation at Cannes. Is that 'nuff said about the relevance of standing ovations? {nm} terraformingearth May 20, 11:12

Basically even if your film is C+ C- material, you tend to at least get a 4-5 minute ovation (DIAL got 5 minutes) as a courtesy. notfabio May 20, 11:15

Not to me, because that is not what's typically looked at closely at that Festival. Big commercial releases are icing at Cannes not the cake {nm} goodvibe61 May 20, 11:19