CherryPicks
{{Short description|American review aggregator for film and television}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = CherryPicks
| logo =
| url = {{url|https://thecherrypicks.com}}
| type = Film and television review aggregator
| author = {{Plainlist|
- Miranda Bailey
- Rebecca Odes
}}
| launch_date = 2018
}}
The CherryPicks is a review-aggregation website site for film and television that was founded in 2018 by Miranda Bailey and Rebecca Odes. The site includes female and non-binary critics, excluding the opinions of male critics to offer a different perspective from sites like Rotten Tomatoes.
History
Miranda Bailey, who produced the films The Diary of a Teenage Girl and Swiss Army Man, and Rebecca Odes founded the site in 2018, which was announced at South by Southwest.{{Cite web |last=Gilchrist |first=Tracy E. |date=2018-03-16 |title=A New Women-Only Rotten Tomatoes Set to Launch |url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2018/3/16/new-women-only-rotten-tomatoes-set-launch |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=The Advocate |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Chavez |first=Danette |date=2018-03-21 |title=New CherryPicks site will feature movie reviews by female critics only |url=https://www.avclub.com/new-cherrypicks-site-will-feature-movie-reviews-by-fema-1823956770 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321192050/https://news.avclub.com/new-cherrypicks-site-will-feature-movie-reviews-by-fema-1823956770 |archive-date=2018-03-21 |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=The A.V. Club}} It was inspired by the male perspective in film being dominant over its equal number of female critics.{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Ashley |date=2018-03-14 |title=A new kind of Rotten Tomatoes is launching for female critics only |url=https://qz.com/1228935/a-rotten-tomatoes-alternative-called-cherrypicks-emerges-for-female-critics |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Quartz |language=en}} Unlike Rotten Tomatoes' option of Fresh or Rotten approval rating, the CherryPicks uses a four level rating system including bowl of cherries, two cherries, one cherry, and the pits.{{Cite web |last=O'Malley |first=Katie |date=2018-03-16 |title=The Glass Ceiling-Smashing All-Female Film Review Site Taking On Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/news/a42371/all-female-review-website-rotten-tomatoes/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Elle |language=en-GB}}
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