Another Box Office hit Beverly Hills Chihuahua finds itself in IMDB'S disgraced list of bottom 100 movies

News Type: Event — Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:03 AM EDT

The last list that any producer wants to see his movie appear in, the list that represents the worst movies of all times, has a latest addition to it, Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Though, the movie has fared well at the box office, grossing over $93 million across the globe, and consistently featuring in the US box office top ten movies, its been anything but appealing to the users of IMDB, who've rated it so low, on the ten point scale, that it finds itself at 83 in the list of bottom 100 movies..and its not the first hit movie either, to have featured in the disgraced list.

So, here's an honest question, do the IMDB ratings represent a true public opinion about the movie, or is believing them reading a bit too much, into the opinion of the critics, which seldom coincides with that of a common movie freak??..

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So, here's an honest question, do the IMDB ratings represent a true public opinion about the movie, or is believing them reading a bit too much, into the opinion of the critics, which seldom coincides with that of a common movie freak??

I'm not exactly sure what you're saying here...but it sounds like perhaps you're confusing the IMDB ratings with that of actual critics. The IMDB ratings are strictly public opinion. For critics ratings, go to rottentomatoes.com. Beverly Hills Chihuahua, for example, has an average critics rating of 41% (meaning only 41% of the critics gave it a favorable review.)

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#1 - Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:37 PM EDT

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actually that was my point..IMDB is supposed to be a measure of the public opinion, but due to their rules in deciding the top and bottom rated movies, in which a greater weightage is given to the more regular users, who often are movie critics themselves, the list of these best and worst movies is no longer representing the public opinion, far from it, as far as I am concerned..

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#1.1 - Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:49 PM EDT

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I'm working on a three part series for newsvine analyzing the rating systems of IMDB, RT, and Metacritic. IMDB was first on my list and will be in the first part of the series. Stay tuned.

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#2 - Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:34 AM EDT

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I've posted the IMDB.com critique (and included a link to this article) in my column.

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