Film Website IMDb Alters Rating System To Artificially Boost Disney’s Failing Little Mermaid Remake

Top film, television and video game reviewing website IMDb decided to adjust its rating system in order to address the alleged “review bombing” of Disney’s remake of The Little Mermaid. The move came after nearly 40% of users who rated the film gave one-star scores. After 39% of users scores rated #TheLittleMermaid one star, IMDb has introduced a weighted average score for the Disney remake. https://t.co/3pY0WYt5CY — Variety (@Variety) June 1, 2023 A screenshot taken from the IMDb page for the movie shows a whopping 18 thousand one-star votes compared to 8.3 thousand ten-star ratings. At the bottom of the graph, IMDb admits the film’s true unweighted score is 4.7, but the skewed score currently boasted by the new Disney movie is 7.0. Take your oral care to the next level with our fluoride-free Activated Charcoal Toothpaste that’s now available at a rate you can’t find anywhere else! At 7.0, The Little Mermaid has been artificially thrust to the top of the current “Most Popular Movies” on IMDb. The website explained its reasoning for changing the rating system in a statement, writing, “Our rating mechanism has detected unusual voting activity on this title. To preserve the reliability of our rating system, an alternate weighting calculation has been applied.” While many leftists are blaming the low scores on “racists” who are upset at The Little Mermaid‘s main character being swapped from white to black, written reviews on IMDb reveal more technical criticisms of the film. A few of the low-score reviews on the website mentioned things such as “flat acting.” “flat singing,” poorly designed “CGI characters,” and “horrific” songs as reasons they disliked the movie they were excited to watch and had paid to see.