FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Why are Early Access reviews not scored? Why can't I submit a user review for a game in Early Access?
- How Can I Contact the Editorial Team?
- Why Can't I Leave a User Review/Rating in the Music Section?
- When does a movie receive the Metacritic Must-See award?
- How does a game receive the Metacritic Must-Play award?
- How does a TV show receives the Metacritic Must-Watch award?
- Which movie critics and publications are included in your calculations?
- Which game critics and publications are included in your calculations?
- Which television critics and publications are included in your calculations?
- Which music critics and publications are included in your calculations?
- Why won't Metacritic update the review score from a gaming publication who has changed its own score?
- How do I submit account requests related to the GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)?
- How can I edit my user review?
- How can I change my user score/rating I've left for a movie/game/album/tv show, and how can I edit my user review?
- How can I report Missing/incorrect credit information in Games Section?
- How do you determine what games to include on the site?
- How often is your music site updated?
- How do you determine what albums to include on the site?
- How often is the movies section updated?
- Why does your all-time high scores list not include [MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIE THAT WAS ON THE AFI 100 GREATEST FILMS LIST AND WAS TAUGHT IN MY CINEMA CLASS AND IS ALWAYS BEING SHOWN AT THE REVIVAL HOUSE DOWN THE STREET]?
- How do you determine what movies and videos to include on the site?
- Why don't you include my publication in your panel?
- Why can I click on some reviews to read the full review, and I can't on others?
- Why don't you have 97 reviews for every movie like those other websites do?
- Can you tell me how each of the different critics are weighted in your formula?
- As a Metacritic User, when can I submit a rating or review for games, movies, tv shows, or albums?
- Entertainment Weekly gave [MOVIE NAME] a B+; why does Metacritic list their grade as an 83?
- Last week, [MOVIE TITLE] had a METASCORE of 67, but now it says 75. What's up with that? Am I hallucinating?
- I read Manohla Dargis' review of [MOVIE NAME] and I swear it sounded like a 90... why did you say she gave it an 80?