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There are two types of reviews IMDb deals with:
User reviews (formerly referred to as "User comments") are reviews that our users submit to our site directly and are stored locally. See, for example, this index of user reviews for Arrival (2016).
How to add user reviews on:
Please remember that user-submitted reviews must comply with our guidelines or they may be rejected or deleted.
1) Navigate to the title page and click User Reviews listed at the top (you can also click "Review this title" listed near the bottom, just above the Edit Page button).
2) On the following page, click the option Add a Review.
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1) Navigate to the title page and tap + Review under the User reviews section.
External reviews, as implied by the name, are reviews (usually from major print or online media organizations) that are stored on other sites. We do not have any control over their contents and simply link to them as a service to our users. For example, see the external reviews links for Arrival (2016).
If you're a reviewer, editor, or a movie site and your articles are available on the web, you're encouraged to submit links (following our Links to external sites guidelines):
Examples:
Chicago Sun-Times [Roger Ebert]
TIME Magazine
San Francisco Chronicle [Bob Graham]
Please note that we reserve the right to reject links to websites based on editorial discretion.
You can now track the status of your user review submission and if it has not been approved, we'll tell you the reason why.
If you are using the mobile apps, mobile website or desktop website you can access this feature via the "Track your contribution" button, which has been added to the submission email receipt. Additionally, if you are using the desktop website, you can also use the "View Contribution Details" button found in your contribution history (beta) page.
Clicking this button will take you to IMDb Contributor, our new contribution specific site where you will be shown the status of your request.