Why is Rotten Tomatoes better than IMDb?
Rotten Tomatoes has the advantage of sourcing its reviews from trusted critics. The Rotten Tomatoes criteria page explains that the site only takes reviews from trusted newspapers, podcasts, and websites.
What is the best movie critic site?
Top 10 Film Review Websites
- 1) Roger Ebert.
- 2) Guardian.
- 4) Yahoo! Movies.
- 5) IMDB.
- 10) Film.com.
Is IMDB trustworthy?
While we actively gather information from and verify items with studios and filmmakers, the bulk of our information is submitted by people in the industry and visitors like you! In addition to using as many sources as we can, our data goes through consistency checks to ensure it’s as accurate and reliable as possible.
How do Rotten Tomatoes work?
The Tomatometer score represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show. When at least 60\% of reviews for a movie or TV show are positive, a red tomato is displayed to indicate its Fresh status.
What does it mean to be 100\% on Rotten Tomatoes?
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, a film has a rating of 100\% if each professional review recorded by the website is, overall, assessed as positive rather than negative.
Which is better Rotten Tomatoes or IMDb?
The only rating that counts is your own. IMDb, without a doubt. Most people who say they prefer Rotten Tomatoes have this opinion because IMDb’s rating system is flawed. And there’s no doubt it is. RT’s system likely isn’t perfect, either, but it’s certainly more reliable.
Why should I stop checking Rotten Tomatoes and go to IMDb?
In my terse attempt, here’s why you should stop checking Rotten Tomatoes and go to IMDb. The fundamental difference lies in the voting system. Rotten Tomatoes only allows the voter to like it or not, whereas IMDb offers the voter to rate the movie based on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the best.
What is a ‘fresh’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes?
Rotten Tomatoes gives films a score out of 100 based on the averaged reviews of professional film critics. If a film gets a rating of 60 or more it gets a ‘fresh’ red tomato on the site. Less than 60 and it gets a rotten tomato.
What is a good rating for a movie on IMDb?
Less than 60 and it gets a rotten tomato. The best films are picked out for a ‘certified fresh’ rating, which usually means the film has at least 80 critical reviews and a rating of 75 or more. The website also separately ranks film by user scores, but let’s not get distracted by that here.