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Critics and audiences disagree all the time. MasterCritic learns whose taste is yours, then predicts your score for every film you haven't seen, and keeps score on itself.
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Critics vs audiences
They disagree on 24% of films
Across 1,958 well-known films, critics (Metacritic) and audiences (IMDb) land 1.5 points or more apart on 24% of them. So whose taste is yours? That's the first thing we figure out.
Critics loved, audiences didn't
Pinocchio 1940
Critics 99 · IMDb 7.4
Dumbo 1941
Critics 96 · IMDb 7.2
Carol 2015
Critics 94 · IMDb 7.3
Boyhood 2014
Critics 100 · IMDb 7.9
Zero Dark Thirty 2012
Critics 95 · IMDb 7.4
Touch of Evil 1958
Critics 99 · IMDb 7.9
Audiences loved, critics didn't
I Am Sam 2001
Critics 28 · IMDb 7.6
Elite Squad 2007
Critics 33 · IMDb 8
Highlander 1986
Critics 24 · IMDb 7
The Butterfly Effect 2004
Critics 30 · IMDb 7.6
8MM 1999
Critics 21 · IMDb 6.6
Bio-Dome 1996
Critics 1 · IMDb 4.5
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"You gave Heat a 9 and Collateral an 8. Michael Mann's films tend to land well with you."
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