I am always curious what the critics have to say. They may point out details of a movie that make me realize it is not the movie I want to spend hard earned money on, that maybe I will wait to see it when it comes out on DVD or television. So they provide a service for me. But the same could be said for movie previews. They may have influence as to whether I go or not.

But as far as what their review says influencing my opinion of the movie, no I make up my own mind and my own evaluations and reviews of each movie I see. Reviews are only a subjective appraisal of a movie.They are not the ultimate and final word. My personal appraisal has more validity to me than a review done by someone else.Their opinion interests me but I decide based on my own reactions whether I like it or not or what features appealed to me or turned me away from any given movie.

Someone cannot make me like a movie that I do not or make me hate one that I like. I do not always agree with the critics, pro or con. In fact there have been movies I love that were panned by the critics and some they praised to the skies that I found to be a waste of perfectly good film. I take what they say opinion wise with a grain of salt and flavour it with my own tastes.

If I go to a movie, I go with an open mind, review or no review.

It is no different than critics of art or music. You like what you like for your own reasons.It is personal taste.