The Beekeeper still won't allow ratings/reviews

there were showtimes for it on IMDb. in fact, i only heard about it because of an email from IMDb for movies from my watch list coming out this week.

also, it wasn't limited theaters, there were 20 theaters around me playing it

Showtimes are a separate feature, I believe.

in fact, i only heard about it because of an email from IMDb for movies from my watch list coming out this week.

I'm not sure how those emails are generated, but if they are based on the database I guess the date may have been listed and then changed. According to this the emails should only cover wide releases.

Hi @Col_Needham . I truly appreciate this in depth response. And sorry for my frustration before, I have dealt with this many times without any meaningful resolution.

I understand and agree with all of your concerns about review bombing. But the same problems are still there after the movie comes out. And the issues you mention probably happened when early screenings are extremely limited, like at film festivals. But this was nationwide, thousands of people have seen it already.

Additionally, even if you wanted to hold all reviews/ratings until the wide release, there is a much better way to do it. Allow me to submit the review/rating and don't post them right away. It can show a message saying it will post when the movie goes wide. And that way you already have a log of reviews and can post them in order of submission.

Instead, most of the people who would have reviewed it will no longer have fresh thoughts on the movie. And that's if they actually remember to come back and review it. For the ones who do remember, they will either need to keep checking repeatedly or get lucky in order to be processed before the masses.

Do you see why I view the entire strategy as nonsensical? There are also other options, like only allowing Prolific Reviewers to post early. Or holding all reviews from people who have less than 500 reviews in their history.

As for Night Swim taking so long (#240105-024120-445604), this is not specific to the holidays or time of year. I see this ALL THE TIME with new releases. For this example, I submitted my review Thursday night. Zero reviews were posted until late Friday, at which point there were three reviews. I checked on Saturday and there were 11 reviews, with me still waiting. How can it possibly take this long?

Even really small indie films with limited releases, like Malum (2023) which I complained about below. There were a total of 5 reviews after 9 days, so it wasn't at all being flooded with submissions.

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/reviews-not-published-for-days/642e6891cab3782a6e0c7ff7?commentId=6430036419cfd465229b65e9&replyId=64314cc6c7087e024ed2576d

Also, in some of those cases where I wait days for a new release review to be posted, I will sometimes submit as many as 10 other reviews for other movies, which are all approved within minutes. And yet I still wait for that new release review to be posted.

It doesn't make sense. Please help me understand. The first few days after release have the highest engagement. Other reviews get hundreds of votes while mine is waiting for someone to finally get to it, even if there are only a handful of reviews for that movie.

P.S. I absolutely LOVE that contribution history page. Please make it show any reviews that have been removed. I have had reviews incorrectly removed without any sort of notification, which drives me crazy. At least I can monitor that page if it also shows removals (not denials, ones that are removed after they were already approved and posted)

@FeastMode​ 

But the same problems are still there after the movie comes out. 

The difference after release is that everyone is aware the title has been released and has the chance to see and rate/review it. We have learned this from bitter experience and (often unjust) social media criticism.  We have already evaluated the suggestions you made and even trialled some of them without success, sorry.  At the present time, we have to remain cautious. 

Thanks for the background on the other reviews.  The comments from Michelle on the other thread still stand right now.  Your points have been passed to the team as we willl be migrating to the review system to the new technology in 2024. 

@Col_Needham 

Thank you.

I still think seeing 3 reviews approved every few hours is absurd, even if you're having the approval Quality Reviewed twice. And resources should be focused on new releases. It's so odd that reviews for old movies are approved within minutes but new releases take hours or days. If anything, it should be the opposite.

I'll consider this issue resolved. Thanks again for your help.

@FeastMode​ Thanks, this is good data which we have forwarded to the team responsible.