SEVEN WORDS
Say something about the movie in exactly seven words — a review, summary, reaction, observation, pithy comment, or joke.
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We watch a movie, argue about it, score it, and find out where it belongs among everything else we’ve scored.
Say something about the movie in exactly seven words — a review, summary, reaction, observation, pithy comment, or joke.
One small thing you want to call out: a moment, line, performance choice, shot, sound, joke, detail — anything.
What’s one thing you would change—and how would it change the movie?
Just for the sake of argument… make the case for something that goes against the room, the consensus, or conventional wisdom.
What did critics, audiences, and the culture make of it?
Then the numbers come out and the movie finds its place among everything else we’ve scored.
Five scores from us. One consensus score from the wider movie world. Then Heart, GOAT, and the leaderboard.
Does the story work and pay off?
Do the characters and performances work?
Does the movie move and feel right?
How well does it look and sound?
Does it give you something to think or feel?
Critical / Audience Consensus
What does the wider movie world think?
The sixth equal score comes from the available outside ratings:
All available ratings are averaged into one 0–10 Crowd score. Those ratings are captured with each scored movie so its Crowd score stays true to when we reviewed it.
Critical Corner asks what critics, audiences, and the culture made of the movie — its reviews, reputation, awards, performance, cult status, and cultural afterlife.
HEART = MINE.
Regardless of where it ranks, this one's mine. Heart adds +0.5 to that individual reviewer's score.
GOAT = GREATNESS.
The panel unanimously believes the movie belongs among the all-time greats. GOAT adds +0.5 to the final panel average.
The six-part base score runs from 0–10. Heart and GOAT are bonuses, so an official TGMR Score can finish above 10. The theoretical ceiling is 11.0.
If two movies have the same displayed TGMR Score, the most recently reviewed movie takes the higher position.
RIDER SCORE
Once a movie joins the leaderboard, anyone riding along can give it a 0–10 score. Rider Score is the community's ongoing average—and it never changes the official TGMR Score or ranking.