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What is the difference between Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic?
Unlike Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic uses a weighted average system. Nobody knows the exact details, but the service assigns more importance to some sources than others. Like the other two sites, Metacritic also includes a separate user score, which does not influence the critic score.
Why is IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes different?
Rotten Tomatoes gives you how much percentage of the people likes the movie. It doesn’t tell you how the movie is, rather it answers how popular the movie is. IMDB gives you ratings from users who have watched the movie, mostly by common people who have entirely different tastes.
What is IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes?
However, today the IMDb also includes reviews of movies and other content; but this content is reviewed by regular users, whereas movies on Rotten Tomatoes are reviewed by critics and professionals, which is why at times the ratings of the two sites can differ greatly.
What is meaning of IMDb?
Internet Movie Database
IMDb, in full Internet Movie Database, Web site that provides information about millions of films and television programs as well as their cast and crew. The name is an acronym for Internet Movie Database. IMDb.com was incorporated in January 1996 and was purchased by Amazon.com two years later.
Is Rotten Tomatoes accurate?
Yes, the scores are reliable. Rotten Tomatoes is useful and trustworthy.
What is Metacritic score?
Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Before being averaged, the scores are weighted according to the critic’s fame, stature, and volume of reviews.
What is the meaning of rotten tomatoes?
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.