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How do I add my review to IMDb?

 

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. 



Adding user reviews via the desktop website

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.   
3) You will be presented with a new pane, you can add a review headline, add or edit your star rating, and add a detailed review. Please note whether your review contains any spoilers. Click Submit when you’re finished!  

Example of adding a user review from title page on mobile sit
Example of title reviews subpage


Adding user reviews via the mobile app



Apple iOS 
1) Tap the IMDb user star rating for a shortcut to to add your user review. From here you can tap the three horizontal dots in the top right or the + symbol to Add a Review. (You can also find the + Add a review button in the User reviews section).
2) On the Submit Review page, you can add a review headline, add or edit your star rating, and add a detailed review. Please include whether your review contains any spoilers. Tap Submit when you’re finished! 

IMDb Rating Review Shortcut iOS Write review iOS

Android 
1) Tap the IMDb user star rating for a shortcut to to add your user review. From here you can tap the three vertical dots in the top right or the + symbol to Add a Review. (You can also find the + Add a review button in the User reviews section).
2) On the Submit Review page, you can add a review headline, add or edit your star rating, and add a detailed review. Please include whether your review contains any spoilers. Tap Submit when you’re finished!  

IMDb Rating Review Shortcut Android Write review Android
Mobile Website

1) Navigate to the title page and tap + Review under the User reviews section.

mobile site add review

2) You will be presented with a new pane. You can add a review headline, add or edit your star rating, and add a detailed review. Please include whether your review contains any spoilers. Tap Submit when you’re finished!

example of write/edit review pane on mobile site


3) You can also add a review by tapping User Reviews on a title page, then tapping the + Review button.

Example of adding a review from the user reviews subpage on mobile site


External Reviews

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):

  1. Go to the title's page and click the button labeled Edit Page.
  2. On the next page, scroll down to the Links to Other Sites heading and choose Add 1 Item in the External Reviews section.
  3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Continue.
  4. On the next page, include the full URL to the review page; under "Description" you only need to enter the site/reviewer name, as the movie title and the fact that it's a review are already part of the submission.

    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.

  5. When you've entered all the information, go to the bottom of the page and click on the Check these updates button to proceed to the next step.
  6. If your data included errors or details that our system believes to be potentially incorrect, the top section of the page will display them. You should see an explanation of what went wrong.
  7. You can correct the errors or, if everything is OK, click on the Submit these updates button to send the data to our server. You will need to repeat this procedure for every title where you wish to add an external review link.


Tracking your contribution


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.

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