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Saturday, June 12th, 2021

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I think Gully (2019) rating is being manipulated

Hello,


I have the suspicion that the rating of the movie Gully (2019) is being manipulated. 90+% of the new votes are with 1s. I watched it and it is average and forgettable, but with good acting and shots. Not even close to what one would imagine if a movie is rated 1.1.  I know that it is subjective but I think its fair rating should be around 5, based on my experience. Could this be investigated?

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5 years ago

I agree. This looks suspicious.

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5 years ago

June 12 2021
See how this changes later...

Gully (2019)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013984/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013984/reference

  
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013984/reviews - 0 Reviews

  

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013984/releaseinfo

Release Dates

  • USA 27 April 2019 (Tribeca Film Festival)
  • USA 4 June 2021
  • Canada 8 June 2021 (internet)  

User Ratings
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013984/ratings

IMDb Users

9,692 IMDb users have given a weighted average vote of 1.1 / 10

Rating         Votes
10      2.0%    189
  9      0.1%        8
  8      0.1%      13
  7      0.4%      34
  6      0.2%       20
  5      0.2%       21
  4      0.4%       34
  3     0.3%        33
  2     0.9%        83
  1  95.5%   9,257

Arithmetic mean = 1.3   Median = 1

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June 13 2021 : 24 hours later

  

IMDb Users
11,363 IMDb users have given a weighted average vote of 1.1 / 10

Rating         Votes
10    1.9%      214
 9     0.1%          8
 8     0.1%        14
 7     0.3%        36
 6     0.2%        22
 5     0.2%        23
 4     0.3%        36
 3     0.3%        33
 2     0.8%        91
 1   95.8% 10,886

Arithmetic mean = 1.2   Median = 1

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June 14 2021

IMDb Users
12,320 IMDb users have given a weighted average vote of 1.1 / 10
Rating        Votes 
10   1.9%      238
 9    0.1%        9
 8    0.1%       15
 7    0.3%       37
 6    0.2%       22
 5    0.2%       25
 4    0.3%       38
 3    0.3%       36
 2    0.7%        92
 1  95.8% 11,808
Arithmetic mean = 1.2   Median = 1

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@ACT_1 I have some numbers from 3 days ago. Total votes 6147. Votes with 1: 5825

Few hours later: total 6218, with 1: 5888 

More weird things:

1. Almost 10 000 votes but no reviews

2. TOP 1000 votes rate it higher (but too few votes to be representative). 

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5 years ago

Same happened with the trailer of the movie on YouTube:

GULLY | Official Trailer | Paramount Movies - YouTube

Many Russian comments. Seems that some Russian fans of Johnny Depp target Amber Heard and are trying to cancel her, sort of. It is silly.

Interestingly, they accumulated a lot of downvotes on YouTube, so some bots could be also part of this (or Depp has really huge and dedicated fanbase in Russia). 10000 fake votes on IMDb is no joke either. IMDb should update their algorithms if not to prevent this, then at least to detect it and report to staff.

Not to mention that Heard has few minutes of screen time.

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5 years ago

Hi Sick_Spazmoid -

Thanks for reporting this voting sabotage, I have filed a ticket with the appropriate team who will investigate further and take the applicable actions.

Thanks again!