Take the 2-minute tour ×  What should we write in a movie
review?  share|improve this question Whatever you do, don't
confuse movie review with movie summary. I'm only saying this
because I've seen way too many amateur movie critics you
couldn't tell the difference. –  Phong Feb 3 '12 at 18:29  2
Answers 2  up vote 9 down vote accepted  When you write a movie
review, you are giving a recommendation to strangers. Were your
best friend asking about whether he or she would like a
particular movie, you could base your answer on your knowledge
of his or her likes and dislikes. You can't do that when writing
for a general audience. So the focus of a movie review is less
"You'll love/hate this" and more "I loved/hated this and here's
why."  Roger Ebert has written that a reader should ideally be
able to tell whether he or she will enjoy a movie regardless of
whether the reviewer did. Part of the trick to that is providing
an accurate description of the film. Tell your readers what
genre the film is in, who made it,