The CherryPicks is a review-aggregation website site for film and television that was founded in 2018 by Miranda Bailey and

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. The site includes female and non-binary critics, excluding the opinions of male critics to offer a different perspective from sites like

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History

Miranda Bailey, who produced the films ''

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'' and ''

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founded the site in 2018, which was announced at

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. It was inspired by the male perspective in film being dominant over its equal number of female critics. 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.

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External links

Official site
Internet properties established in 2018 American film review websites Online film databases Recommender systems Television websites 2018 establishments in the United States