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Thursday, November 9th, 2023 7:03 PM

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Is there any way to report a massive review manipulation scheme on a certain film?

I was just checking recommendations and came across a movie called "Sound of Freedom" which I had never heard about and had a good score with a lot of reviews.

Over 50% of 10 is let's just say... unusual, especially with a metascore of 36 but reading the reviews, I started noticing a repetition of key words, even in the titles.

"Must-see" is not exactly a big red flag but reviews featuring variations of "gut wrenching must-see movie", "heart-felt masterpiece" and "a real eye opener" start attracting your attention after 3 dozen reviews.

It gets even weirder when you check out the profiles. Most only reviewed one movie and most user accounts have been created either one month ago... or "4 years and 8 months", "4 years and 9 months ago", "4 years and 10 months ago", etc up to 5 years, which is when the movie was made, even though it was only released in 2023...

There's definitely a manipulation going on here but I don't want to report users one by one.

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11 months ago

@carla_tibs 😀

Joined November 8th, 2013

For Ratings history....

Thu Nov 9 2023

Sound of Freedom (2023)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7599146/reference/

PG-13  2h 11min | Biography, Crime | 04 Jul 2023 (USA) | Movie
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7599146/reviews - 2,577 Reviews
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7599146/ratings/

IMDb RATING 7.7/10  :  80,836
10  52.8% (43K)
  9  11.8% (9.5K)
  8  13.2% (11K)
  7   8.4% (6.8K)
  6   3.5% (2.9K)
  5   1.6% (1.3K)
  4   0.9% (726)
  3   0.7% (548)
  2   0.9% (726)
  1   6.2% (5K)
8.4 Unweighted mean

Wayback Machine
Saved 16 times between July 6, 2023 and November 9, 2023.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7599146/ratings/

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RoseyD23
Joined July 6th, 2023

Thursday, July 6th, 2023
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rating Sound of Freedom
I would like to rate Sound of Freedom 
because after listening to all the reviews, trailors, interviews
and since I have a powerful passion to support this project
and can't wait to see the movie, can I rate it anyways? .....

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/rating-sound-of-freedom/64a73cfa3d93fb78e913b29d

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11 months ago

Hi @carla_tibs -

Thanks for reporting, I have requested an investigation.

Cheers!