Disney’s Snow White Gets IMDb Disclaimer After A Wave Of 1-Star Reviews Makes Overall Rating Plummet

IMDb has officially given Disney’s Snow White a review disclaimer after a slew of 1-star reviews tanked the movie’s rating. The live-action movie is a remake of the classic 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. As in the case of most of Disney’s live-action adaptations, Snow White received significant backlash before the movie even came out. Now, the movie has at least partially overcome this negativity, opening to a respectable $42.2 million domestically and boasting a $142.7 million gross worldwide at the time of writing.

In response to this review bombing, IMDb has officially put a disclaimer atop Snow White‘s rating. When clicking on more information about the movie’s score, which currently has a 1.5 star out of 10-star average, one can now see a pop-up box that says Our rating mechanism has detected unusual voting activity on this тιтle. The user ratings below display that 91.4% of those who rated it gave the movie a 1-star review.

What This Means For Snow White

These IMDb Ratings Do Not Reflect The Film’s Overall Reception

It is important to understand that Snow White‘s reviews overall are not as bad as what IMDb currently reflects. Critics scores have amounted in a 40% Tomatometer for the film. ScreenRant‘s Rachel Labonte gave the movie 5 out of 10 stars, taking issue with the film’s “artificial sheen” while praising Zegler’s performance. The Rotten Tomatoes audience reviews are actually positive overall, with 74% of audiences giving the movie a favorable rating. The IMDb score may look bad, but it does not tell the full story.

The inconsistency in scores across different aggregate sites is part of why IMDb likely decided to give their disclaimer. The sheer volume of 1-star reviews is a sign of review bombing, where large numbers of people take to the internet to offer extremely negative feedback or scores, often with the purpose of harming sales. While there are multiple factors that may have contributed to this review bombing, controversy surrounding leads Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot may have contributed to this phenomenon.

Our Take On The Snow White Review Bombing

Review Bombing Has Gotten Common

The review bombing trend has become common in circumstances where many audiences have an ideological disagreement with certain shows or movies. This was the case for two episodes of The Last of Us season 1, which received review bombing largely from trolls who took issue with the show’s portrayal of LGBTQ+ individuals. In the case of Snow White, people have taken issue with both Zegler and Gadot for their strong pro-Palestine and pro-Israel stances, respectively. As such, Snow White‘s rating is less an indication of merit, but moreso a reflection of the political controversies it has evoked.

Source: IMDb

Related Posts

The Western Movie Gunslinger Who May Be Even Faster Than Clint Eastwood’s Man With No Name

The Western Movie Gunslinger Who May Be Even Faster Than Clint Eastwood’s Man With No Name

The Trinity movies feature a character who could rival Clint Eastwood’s The Man With No Name for the тιтle of the fastest gun in the West. Sergio…

Sovereign Review: I Was Speechless After Nick Offerman & Jacob Tremblay’s Disquieting True Story Crime Thriller

Sovereign Review: I Was Speechless After Nick Offerman & Jacob Tremblay’s Disquieting True Story Crime Thriller

When a movie dramatizes a real tragedy, there needs to be care and tact put into how it presents itself. From dramas to thrillers based on true…

Disney’s Remake Of A 3 Million Phenomenon Comes Out 1 Year From Now

Disney’s Remake Of A $643 Million Phenomenon Comes Out 1 Year From Now

Disney live-action remakes tend to be made years, if not decades, after the original’s release. From Snow White‘s live-action remake, which was released 88 years after the…

How Dean Cain Became The Least Popular Superman

How Dean Cain Became The Least Popular Superman

Dean Cain has returned to the spotlight again after the release of James Gunn’s Superman, and the online reaction makes it clear just how unpopular he’s become….

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Has Already Fixed These 9 Mistakes From 2015’s Fantastic Four Before It’s Even Released

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Has Already Fixed These 9 Mistakes From 2015’s Fantastic Four Before It’s Even Released

The Fantastic Four: First Steps has not even been released yet, but it’s already fixed these nine big issues with 2015’s Fantastic Four. The latter counts as…

Kurt Russell’s Sci-Fi Bomb Was Actually A Stealth Remake Of An Era-Defining Western

Kurt Russell’s Sci-Fi Bomb Was Actually A Stealth Remake Of An Era-Defining Western

Kurt Russell’s cult favorite Soldier was a bomb back in 1998, and also acted as a remake of a beloved Western. There aren’t that many Kurt Russell…