Peter Travers: The Name of Film Journalism

"I know this film is popular, but so is junk food. It still rots your brain!"

If you've ever purchased a DVD or watched a TV spot for a good, quality movie, then chances are you've seen the name Peter Travers. Travers is the film critic for Rolling Stone Magazine and the most blurbed film critic in America according to efilmcritic.com. His name has been displayed on hundreds, if not thousands of movie posters, DVD covers, and commercials with his trademark four star rating system. If you see Travers name anywhere around the film, chances are it is worth seeing.

So, what makes Peter Travers such a huge name in the film journalism field? Travers writes for the common movie fan. His writing style is very easily readable and understood unlike several other high profile critics that write for industry insiders. Travers also has a sense of humor which distances himself from the other critics because his reviews feel like they were written by a human being instead of a robot. Whether he loves or hates a movie, he will tell you why in a way that everyone can understand.




What Travers does best, though, is attempt to make the casual moviegoer see through what movie studios often think they want to see and try to look for the good elements of movies. It is this connection with the casual moviegoer that has made Peter Travers a great success and influential film journalist. Future film critics will look back at Travers to copy his formula for success for as long as they have a place in the journalism field.