Is it possible the reviews so far have been bought by D/M? Sure, anything is possible. But where's the actual evidence of it? Do we have evidence that those particular reviewers have given higher than average scores for movies to which they've been invited to the premier compared to movies where they have not been invited to, or gone to, the premier?
D/M would have focus tested the movie before premiering it, and if the focus test was not great they would have slapped a review embargo on the people who got to see the movie before release. The fact D/M allowed reviews to come out 2 weeks ahead of release indicates confidence in the movie. Is an invitation to a premier going to make someone who would give the movie a 3 or 4 /10 under normal circumstances give it a 6 or 7/10? No. It might make someone who would give the movie a 5 (a rotten score) give it a 6 instead, but equally that person isn't going to go giving the movie an 8/10. IMO if there is a premier bias then it will be more like the true level of the movie being at about 80% with an average of 7/10. Which is still a great result. Any bias that exists isn't going to make a
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