DVDTOWN.com's Rating System for Reviews

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In DVDTOWN's ten-point rating system, the numbers are relative weights. A film receiving an 8 is better in most regards than a film receiving a 7, and so on. In this system, 5's and 6's are the mean, the median. Therefore, we assign 5's and 6's to films that are average, middle-of-the-pack, not particularly good or bad but not necessarily things to rave about one way or the other.

Here's our rating system in terms of Film Value:

10: An unqualified classic.
9: A superior film in almost every way.
8: An excellent film.
7: A good film with more merits than not.
6: A passably decent film, but not one to get too excited about.
5: A common, run-of-the-mill film with as many or more weaknesses as strengths.
4: A somewhat less than ordinary film; perhaps offensive, clumsy, or just plain dull.
3: A bad film.
2: Quintessential badness.
1: Don't even think about it.

Our ratings for audio and video quality go pretty much along the same lines, with one exception. A 10 rating for audio or video should not be interpreted as anything like perfection. Our 9 and 10 ratings for technical quality identify a film that is at the top of its class for the moment, but in a few years, especially with the advent of high definition DVDs, who knows?

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