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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people were dissatisfied with the website, citing issues with accessing profiles or ratings, and expressing concerns about review moderation. Customers also frequently reported problems with the product, specifically the reviews themselves, raising concerns about their authenticity and reliability. Some people were dissatisfied with the social media aspect, noting concerns about the community environment and difficulties in submitting certain reviews. However, some customers also mentioned that the site remains helpful for browsing movies, checking ratings, and keeping watchlists.

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

IMDB is a great resource for getting information about movies. However they don't allow freedom in reviewing movies. There are certain things they don't allow people to mention, and when these things... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ever wanted a website that accurately tells you what the show is about? Unibased reviews? A system without botting and awful maths? Well forget IMDB, this website offers none of that, you cant trust a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely a dreadful website. THE WORST I have ever come across. It used to be my go to favourite place to look at customer reviews. Now it's impossible to even access. Amazon password nope they... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

There is terrible censorship on this website. Forget about freedom of speech. When I laughed at their stupid rule of minimum of X characters per review quoting Shakespeare "Brevity is the soul of wit"... See more


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

938 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They censor reviews CONSTANTLY

They censor reviews CONSTANTLY. I read the rest of the inn cells below and I need to add, my review was a glowing review of a very progressive show but they still declined it. As per usual,

By the by, if your only criticism of something is "Ariel isnt black" or "the Harkonens aren't skinheads" BY DEFINITION you are in fact promoting Hate. Maybe take a good hard look at yourself FOR ONCE and figure out why you're being rejected constantly.

1 April 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

IMDB is full woke

IMDB used to be a great website. Now, the reviewing experience is awful. You must write at least 600 characters, and they deny any negative comment. And no comment including woke topics, such as LGBT, white privileges, etc. is allowed. I had reviews declined as follows:

Reason: Does not meet contribution guidelines.
Reason: Not specified

Just because I say Cleopatra was not black or King Æthelstan wasn't gay doesn't imply hatred towards black or gay people. But in the little minds of the woke moderators at IMDB it probably does.

I'm looking for a good alternative, IMDB sucks!

24 April 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What a joke

What a joke. This was a great website to find out about actors and actresses. Now its absolutely USELESS. It only shows their performances and no biography. Never use them

22 April 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

600 Characters

It is annoying that imdb now requires reviews to be at least 600 characters. Not every review requires 600 characters. All that requirement does is cause people to type long-winded unnecessary stuff in their review. I wish imdb would get rid of that requirement.

13 April 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Only about "parents guide"

I only used the "parents guide" part so far but am more than grateful for it. It's very easily to navigate and even though I'm not sure how to put it in words properly, so far it has really helped me with avoiding movies that would trigger me.

29 March 2023
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Every change is for the worse

Given that IMDb is owned by Amazon, which has a website that is arguably the foundation of its success because it is so well-designed and intuitive, it is ironic that the IMDb website is getting progressively worse.
Changes aimed at speeding up access to key information have just made it look messy. And the search function is extremely slow - the biggest irony is that finding something on IMDb is now quickest if you just type 'IMDb - subject' into Google, rather than using the search function on IMDb itself.

28 March 2023
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great website but was a little ticked off by comparing ratings

I was updating my privacy setting for ratings and on their webpage for ratings privacy setting ( it looks something like Privacy Settings, then under it says rating in olive green color ,then it has three options you choose from on how you want to set up your ratings (and update your ratings privacy setting as well) such as do you want them to be public , private or public only with reviews. But I noticed that under the ratings (on their privacy setting webpage) for rating -which is in olive green color- says the message "Sharing your rating history allows other users to compare their ratings to yours and displays your rating on any reviews you write (IMDb)" - I did not like how it says where others users will compare their ratings to yours. This website should not be used to compare ratings (it doesn't make any sense to compare ratings anyway like it is everyone's own choice how they want to rate something , users do not come to IMDb to compare their ratings to other users they just come there to rate and share their opinion about something that is it). The IMDb. com ratings and review set up is easy/quick unlike other websites which is very good. It takes 2 seconds to find the ratings and the reviews on whatever we want to rate/leave a review on which is good and not too much time consuming.

24 March 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pay wall and 600 character review minimum ruined site

First they changed reviews to 600 characters basically eliminating all but long winded reviews, much of it complaining about the 600 characters.

Funny thing is. -That- they mange but when it comes to the 100s of thousands of fake reviews, IMDB couldn't care less.

More hurtful is they are now putting most of the movie and TV details behind a pay wall. I was wondering how long it would take for that.

I used to love IMDB but now it is basically unusable. I now have a shortcut to Rotten tomatoes. Who still shows all details and allows shorter reviews for those of us who are not professional movie critics.

Adios IMDB!

7 March 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Honestly it is the worst customer service on any paying website.

Honestly it is the worst customer service on any paying website. The responses are canned responses and you have to go back and forth several times to explain that what THEY ARE Saying Doesnt work. Hopefully you get someone that believes you or you are screwed. Also their response time is ridiculous. IMDb isnt cheap to have a Pro Subscription and they just TAKE THEIR TIME. If my agent and manager didnt want me to have this subscription I wouldnt give them a penny.

2 March 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

600 character limit

The 600 character limit requirement for reviews is really annoying, the site didn't used to require that. Not every review requires 600 characters. I wish they would remove that requirement.

2 March 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What is there left to say

It is very disturbing the direction our country is moving in. Censorship online is everywhere. Nothing you read on these sites can be trusted. Everything is political. There are no genuine stories to be told. The billionaires just spend their money going to the moon instead of actually trying to use all their money and power to give back to the people and help humanity. So gross.

27 February 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

IMDB is a farce

What is it with Corporations declining free speech. When free speech is restricted, it is the first sign of the fall of democracy. Free speech must be protected at all costs. I gave an honest opinion about the movie I was reviewing, with no profanity. When something offends these babies, they remove it. What I noticed in the new Dune movie, the Harkonnen's were light skinned, looked like skinheads. The Atreides had many dark skinned people. Does anyone else see the underlying message?

25 February 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A Propaganda Platform for Amazon Prime

10-20 years ago IMDB used to be the go to website for honest reviews and ratings about TV shows and Movies. Amazon has since destroyed the platform by first erasing decades of content by deleting their forums and now they are censoring any and all negative reviews. IMDB has become a propaganda platform for Amazon Prime and only allowing positive reviews of their shows since Amazon owns IMDB. Nothing on that site can be trusted anymore. I feel sad for younger generations who may never again be able to experience real free speech on the Internet and instead will only experience something out of communist China.

13 February 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Manipulater

IMDB manipulated the rating to promote leftist feminism, anti-white racism and alphabet mental illness. They are so deep into wokeness they can’t even see they are hypocrites.

31 January 2023
Unprompted review

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