And reviews that don’t come with a numerical or letter grade score to translate are assigned one from Metacritic based on the reviewer’s qualitative opinion of the film.
Metacritic curates reviews from only select critics, and not all reviewer’s opinions about a film are weighted equally.
First, it is important to understand how Metacritic comes up with its score.
Many people misunderstand what Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer percentage actually represents, but Metacritic’s Metascore can be even more difficult to interpret.