Make sure reviews are reviews again (minimum of 50 words instead of 50 characters)

What is going on with the factor of leaving film reviews? Contributions must now be 600 characters length, or several paragraphs, when many past reviews are barely a 3-4 sentences? What gives? I just went to leave a nice review for an older movie (1980s) and it wouldn't allow me to submit until I'd entered 600 words. That's literally a two part essay!<div style="margin-top: 2.4rem; color: #43434d; font-size: 1.3rem;background: #f5f5fa;padding: 0.8rem 1.2rem;border-radius: 0.8rem;"> <span style="font-weight: 500;">Note</span>: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled <a href="https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/leaving-film-reviews/67c7b2285c56b60dd828d8c3">Leaving film reviews</a></div>

The 600 character requirement for reviews is completely and unnecessarily restrictive. Some of us can express ourselves completely and accurately and comprehensively using economical language. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/brevity-discouraged/67e43a7fb7ace500244202ae Title : Brevity discouraged?

Please fix this. It's no longer possible to submit concise reviews. This does not help people quickly check out a film or episode. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/600-character-limit/6826d2327fed412a9accd174 Title : 600 character limit ?

Often while watching a movie, I'll do research online including reading reviews, hoping to get insight on the film's location and other aspects once I'm sure I'm not going to get something that would majorly spoil it for me. An example is the 2018 movie "A Head Full of Honey" which has at this writing approximately 95 reviews. 90% of those reviews were two sentences, written obviously before the character increase requirement, and 90% of those very brief reviews commented on other user reviews, stating "I don't understand why the rating is so low". What is to understand? It is not your decision to guide how a person rates a film or review it, so why would being understanding of it come into play when writing a review when it should focus on your opinion only? I have commented on this in the past, and I find it irritating that people who do write serious reviews and don't let other reviews guide their own review in what they say about a certain film or series be affected by this. It truly becomes cumbersome to scroll through all these bitterly written scoldings to those who disagree with them. It's also a sad commentary that this is what people consider to be good writing of any sort. Perhaps factors like this should be considered in approving reviews in the future as professional critics don't go around assailing other professional critics for disagreements like this, otherwise Siskel and Ebert would have broken up after 2 weeks. I would thumb someone up for a review I didn't agree with if it was well written and saw their point, but when I see poorly written reviews done in such abundance that don't stick to their opinion, it becomes absurd.

https://m.imdb.com/user/ur108051300/reviews/?ref_=up_ururv_sa This is an example of the type of pointless content that liters the site. I would report each review, but that would take me more time than I care to spend.

Seriously! So I decided to join after respecting IMDB reviews and ratings for many, many years. I wrote a a review for The Working Man 2025 after seeing the ongoing rating. It's not the first time I don't agree with IMDB ratings but I took this one a bit personal as a devoted action movie lover. My humble 84 character review was: "I actually joined IMDB just to make this review, this after a lifetime of watching movies and TV series and especially action movies which is my most favorite genre. After seeing the disappointing 5.7 rating I can say this... Wall to wall action, perfect pacing, Jason Statham at his best along with a great supporting cast, prime entertainment, kick ass action as good as if not better than the best of the best! I rated 8.0 for the movie in general but as an action movie lover it should be substantially higher. My review was not accepted, apparently I needed to blab and blab away, elaborate with exaggeration, fluff a bunch of words, all to the tune of 600 characters minimum. I deleted my account, what a joke. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/600-characters-minimum-required-for-a-review/683f3ccb13f03f4b7ef4615e Title : 600 characters minimum required for a review??

Tried to give a review on a show however it informed me that I did not have the required 600 characcters. NONE of the reviews I read had that many characters. Stated I did not have a reply field filled, was not one available What gives Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/review/68459b2640333655d3d33256 Title : Review

When I write a review it always wants 600 characters, however there are many shorter reviews on IMDB and some episodes of shows hardly warrant 600 characters. Many of us with tremors fight to even use a keyboard so we tend to avoid verbose ramblings. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/reviews/6875c5781c71ec1136e61985 Title : Reviews