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Historical Musical Film Critic Reviews
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Explores the critical reception and metadata of classic film musicals. The data captures opinions from hundreds of film and television critics, forming the foundation for trusted measurements of critical recommendation. Featured films span decades, showcasing beloved classics involving stars like Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Bing Crosby, and Danny Kaye, alongside cult hits and romantic confections. The reviews capture detailed sentiment regarding these iconic films, including the undisputed champion of camp, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and arguably the most magical pairing of Astaire and Rogers in Swing Time.
Columns
reviewId: Unique identifier assigned to each specific critic review.movieId: A unique film identifier, allowing for grouping of reviews by movie title.creationDate: The date on which the review was first published.criticName: The name of the critic who wrote the review (e.g., Roger Ebert, Jennie Kermode).criticPageUrl: A link to the specific critic's profile or page.reviewState: The binary status of the review, indicated as 'fresh' or 'rotten'.isFresh/isRotten: Boolean flags corresponding to the 'fresh' or 'rotten' status.isRtUrl/isTopCritic: Boolean flags indicating if the URL is a Rotten Tomatoes URL or if the critic is designated as a 'Top Critic'.publicationUrl: The web address for the publication source.publicationName: The name of the media outlet (e.g., Chicago Sun-Times, Eye for Film).reviewUrl: The direct hyperlink to the full text of the published review.quote: A brief excerpt or statement capturing the core sentiment of the review.scoreSentiment: The calculated sentiment of the quote, listed as POSITIVE or NEGATIVE.originalScore: The score given by the critic using their publication's native scoring system (e.g., 5-Apr, C, 83/100).
Distribution
The file is structured as tabular data, commonly delivered in a CSV format. Each row represents a single critic review instance, detailing the film, critic, publication, and critical score metrics. Specific row or record counts are currently unavailable.
Usage
Ideal for sentiment analysis projects focusing on cinematic criticism, tracking the evolution of critical taste across decades, identifying highly recommended musical films, and training models to predict critical consensus based on reviewer attributes. Researchers can leverage the quotes and scores to perform historical analysis of film genre evolution and study the persistent popularity of midnight movies.
Coverage
The data coverage is focused on classic film musicals, with critical review dates spanning from the mid-1930s up to the year 2000. Coverage includes highly-regarded publications and critics globally, including those based in the US and the UK. The dataset focuses exclusively on the genre of musical cinema.
License
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Who Can Use It
Film academics interested in cinematic criticism, data scientists building predictive models of audience reception, entertainment journalists looking to substantiate claims about the best musicals, and cinema enthusiasts studying the legacy of classic stars like the Marx Brothers, Bing Crosby, and Fred Astaire. This data assists in understanding the critical backing behind films widely considered amongst the best musicals of all time.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Historical Musical Film Critic Reviews
- Classic Cinema Critical Consensus
- Golden Age Musical Sentiment Data
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Original Data Source: Historical Musical Film Critic Reviews
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