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Know if you'll love it before you watch
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 25% of films
Across 2,759 well-known films, critics (Metacritic) and audiences (IMDb) land 1.5 points or more apart on 25% 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
American Graffiti 1973
Critics 97 · IMDb 7.4
Carol 2015
Critics 94 · IMDb 7.3
The Producers 1968
Critics 96 · IMDb 7.5
Notorious 1946
Critics 100 · IMDb 7.9
Audiences loved, critics didn't
Half Baked 1998
Critics 16 · IMDb 6.6
Billy Madison 1995
Critics 16 · IMDb 6.4
I Am Sam 2001
Critics 28 · IMDb 7.6
Cocktail 1988
Critics 12 · IMDb 6
Elite Squad 2007
Critics 33 · IMDb 8
Highlander 1986
Critics 24 · IMDb 7
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Not a black box
"You gave Heat a 9 and Collateral an 8. Michael Mann's films tend to land well with you."
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