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Last Updated: May 18, 2018
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Note: We only analyze "reviews" and ignore one-tap "ratings".
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Warn Overall Grade
FAIL Suspicious Reviewers
FAIL Word Count Comparison
FAIL Phrase Repetition
WARN Rating Trend
WARN Reviewer Participation
PASS Unverified Purchases
PASS Overlapping Review History
PASS Reviewer Ease
PASS Brand Repeats
PASS Incentivized Reviews
PASS Deleted Reviews
Most Trusted Reviews
Did not really care for this movie. It was too ... [Go to full review]
Aug 30, 2017
100%
TRUST
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Take-Back Reviewer (22 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 4.7)
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.4)
Least Trusted Reviews
Great coming of age movie! [Go to full review]
Aug 6, 2014
0%
TRUST
TRUST
- Unverified Purchaser
- Overrepresented word count (5 words)
- Contains repetitive phrases (show)
- One-Hit Wonder
- Never-Verified Reviewer
- Overrepresented Participation (posted 1 Review)
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.0)
Analysis Details
Fail Suspicious Reviewers
One-Hit Wonders
398 of the 2,827 reviewers have only reviewed this product. The One-Hit Wonders have rated this product an average of 3.8 while the reviewers who have posted more than one review have rated this product an average of 3.6. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
Take-Back Reviewers
158 of the 2,827 reviewers have had at least one of their past reviews for another product deleted. While this is more Take-Back Reviewers than we'd expect to see, it does not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
Single-Day Reviewers
73 of the 2,827 reviewers have written multiple reviews but posted all of them on a single day. The Single-Day reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.0 while all other reviewers rated this product an average of 3.6. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
Fail Word Count Comparison
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- 32%
- Have an overrepresented word count
In the graph above, we can see the distribution of review word counts for this product and the expected distribution for this category. We see the following 1 group with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 904 reviews (or 32%) are within an overrepresented word count group. These reviews have rated this product an average of 3.8, while all other reviews have rated this product an average of 3.5. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
Fail Phrase Repetition
Reviews that contain one of these phrases are NOT necessarily devalued; read more about how this test works here.
54 of the 2,827 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.0 while reviews without substantial repetitive phrases rated this product an average of 3.6. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
Warn Rating Trend
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- 32%
- Created over 84 days
We counted 2,827 reviews for this product over the span of 1,779 days, an average of 1.6 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 7 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 84 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 914 reviews were created on just 84 days. This is an excessively high number of reviews submitted on these high volume days.
Warn Reviewer Participation
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- 67%
- From reviewers with an overrepresented participation
We see the following 2 participation groups with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 1898 reviewers (or 67%) are within an overrepresented participation group. This is an excessively high number of reviewers in overrepresented participation groups.
Pass Unverified Purchases
1,187 of the 2,827 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Unverified purchases may be the result of Kindle Unlimited readers, buyers who didn't pay full price, or reviewers who did not purchase the product at Amazon. Read more about our Unverified Purchases test.
Pass Overlapping Review History
Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
3% also reviewed:
If I Stay by
2% also reviewed:
The Age Of Adaline by Blake Lively
2% also reviewed:
Episode 1 by Ben Taylor
2% also reviewed:
Chapter Seven: Lost Boys by Joe Gonzalez
2% also reviewed:
The Wolf Of Wall Street by Leonardo DiCaprio
2% also reviewed:
The Fault In Our Stars by
2% also reviewed:
Goliath - Season 1 by Billy Bob Thornton
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from the same brand
from the same brand
401 of the 2,827 reviewers have substantial overlapping product review history. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Pass Reviewer Ease
The ease score is the average rating for all reviews that a given reviewer submits. The average ease score for reviewers of this product is 4.1, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.3.
4.1 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
Pass Brand Repeats
Brand Repeaters
134 of the 2,827 reviewers have reviewed other products for this brand. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Pass Incentivized Reviews
On Oct 3, 2016, Amazon prohibited incentivized reviews, however we still test for them since there are still millions in our dataset.
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- 0%
- Admitted to receiving an incentive
We didn't detect any reviews that used language indicating they were incentivized.
Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.
Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.
Pass Deleted Reviews
- 0
- Reviews have been deleted
We have not discovered any deleted reviews for this product.
There are a few limitations to keep in mind regarding the Deleted Reviews test:
There are a few limitations to keep in mind regarding the Deleted Reviews test:
- We don't have a magic ability to collect every single deleted review; we can only identify reviews as deleted if we collect them on one date and then notice they are no longer visible on a subsequent date.
- We have no information on reviews that were never published in the first place.
- We also don't know why these reviews were removed. It could be action from the platform, personal decision by the review author, part of an entire account closure, even some data error on our part, etc.