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The scores
What's the movie.guru score? Critics and audiences, split 50/50. Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, IMDb, CinemaScore and PostTrak each get calibrated against thousands of notable movies, then blended onto a 1 to 10 scale. A 7.3 beats about 70% of them. Full breakdown.
Why is everything so close to 5? Because 5 is average, on purpose. The median movie is a 5.5. A 4.7 is a decent Tuesday night, not a failing grade.
What's The Guru’s Take? movie guru's own rating on the same scale, served with the TLDR. It gets its own section on reviewed movie pages and never counts toward the score. The build refuses to run if it ever leaks in.
Why doesn't every movie have a Take? A Take only exists once movie guru has actually watched and reviewed the thing. Nobody fakes one. Every movie still gets a movie.guru score.
How often do the numbers change? New releases refresh every day. Classics get a checkup once a week.
The site
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