Here is a detailed explanation of this site’s review scores and what they mean.
5 – Masterpiece. No significant flaws.
4.5 – Excellent. Falls just short of perfection.
4 – Very good. Highly entertaining, with few major shortcomings.
3.5 – Good. Somewhat limited appeal, but has distinctive style or vision.
3 – Fair. Low impact, but might be worth watching again.
2.5 – Mediocre. Entertaining and instantly forgettable.
2 – Borderline. Not good, but too competent to be any worse.
1.5 – Unfortunate. Significantly flawed, but some salvageable elements.
1 – Bad. Few, if any, redeeming features.
0.5 – Awful. Conceptually broken and/or technically incompetent.
0 – Unwatchable. Reserved for films that are not only roundly terrible, but also morally reprehensible in some way.
Reviews published prior to 5/14/2015 are scored on an arbitrary scale of 1-10, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best.