Are IMDb reviews reliable?
IMDb ratings are “accurate” in the sense that they are calculated using a consistent, unbiased formula, but we don’t claim that IMDb ratings are “accurate” in an absolute qualitative sense. We offer these ratings as a simplified way to see what other IMDb users all over the world think about titles listed on our site.
Why are Rotten Tomatoes reviews so bad?
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer scores are unreliable as a prediction of how much you will like a film probably because you are misinterpreting the metric. All a Tomatometer score tells you is the percentage of film critics who gave a film a positive review.
Is 20 Rotten Tomatoes good?
As the reviews of a given film accumulate, the Rotten Tomatoes score measures the percentage that are more positive than negative, and assigns an overall fresh or rotten rating to the movie. Scores of over 60 percent are considered fresh, and scores of 59 percent and under are rotten.
Is IMDb safe to use?
The compilation of all content included in or made available through any IMDb Service is the exclusive property of IMDb and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.
How does IMDb’s rating system work?
They call their algorithm “a true Bayesian estimate,” which is a complicated system that increases the importance of the average rating the more votes are cast. IMDb is, essentially, trying to keep new movies from having artificially high ratings.
How many votes do you need to rank a movie on IMDb?
Meaning, you only get to rank a film once (on a scale of one to 10, though you can change your grade of a film at any time), and if you vote on enough movies, your grades are factored into the Top 250. But IMDb doesn’t disclose how many votes you need in order to qualify as a “regular” voter.
Is the IMDb algorithm rigged?
Thus, the secret IMDb algorithm is rigged to keep its most loyal users rewarded: your votes only count if you vote a lot. Meaning, you only get to rank a film once (on a scale of one to 10, though you can change your grade of a film at any time), and if you vote on enough movies, your grades are factored into the Top 250.