The Press just changed from a star rating to a rating out of 10. But what do the new values mean? Here are some pointers to better understand our appreciation of a work.
Posted yesterday at 8:00 a.m.
0. Draw
It’s the kind of work that sets the bar…below which it’s impossible to go. A nadir in our life of criticism, to flee at all strides.
Example : Daddy has become a leprechaun
2. Bad
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Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Darker
It is such a failed work that it can become laughable. Or who fails to properly exploit the vein to which it owes its existence.
Example : Fifty Shades Darker (fifty shades darker)
4. Fair
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Gérard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac and Stéphane Rousseau in Asterix at the Olympics
This is below average work. Perhaps an expected work that disappointed us, or else a work that will not mark our minds.
Example : Asterix at the Olympics
6. Good
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Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody
It’s not a great work, but it has undeniable qualities. It will generally leave us with good memories.
Example : Bohemian Rhapsody
8. Excellent
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Andrée Lachapelle and Gilbert Sicotte in It was raining birds
It is a work that we will want to revisit over time and which is likely to end up on our end-of-year list.
Example : It was raining birds
10. Masterpiece
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Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Paul Sorvino and Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
Can a new work be classified as an instant masterpiece? Maybe, but very rarely. A very high rating, however, indicates that this work is approaching this status.
Example : Goodfellas