About

Rating the cinema, not the film

Film reviews already exist. What has been missing is a way to judge the presentation — whether the picture was sharp, the sound correctly calibrated and the visit worth the money.

What we measure

Every review scores ten criteria. Five cover projection quality: picture sharpness, brightness, colour and contrast, sound quality, and screen framing. Five cover customer experience: staff service, cleanliness, seat comfort, value for money and facilities.

Projection quality carries 60% of the overall score and customer experience 40%, because presentation is the reason to choose one cinema over another.

Why individual screens matter

A cinema with ten screens does not have one projection standard. Reviews can name the auditorium they sat in, and screen-level scores use only those reviews — so a great main screen and a neglected screen four are visible as exactly that.

How we stay honest

Reviews count towards scores the moment they are posted. A cinema with no reviews shows “Not yet rated” rather than a placeholder score, and leaderboards require a minimum number of reviews before a cinema can appear.

Cinema managers can reply to reviews and mark technical issues as investigated or resolved. They cannot edit or remove a customer's ratings.

Company information

The registered company details, trading address and contact information for cinema-rating must be added here before public launch.