The Movie Ratings Conundrum

Every time I am about to watch a film, I check the ratings online. But there so many metrics available!
Do Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB ratings align?
Do critics and audience agree?
Let's conduct a test with the James Bond films.

Select the ratings on the vertical axis

aka Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: % of users who have rated a movie positively

horizontal axis

aka Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: % of professional critic reviews that are positive

Verdict: the Rotten Tomatoes critics and Rotten Tomatoes users ratings are highly aligned.

Alignment Score (Pearson correlation): 0.87


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Each bubble is a James Bond film. Click for details

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