Don’t worry, for it’s all about to change; Netflix is ditching the traditional star rating system in favour of something far simpler, the chance merely to rate TV and movies with a thumbs up or a thumbs down.
The rating system had, in the past, been the streaming service’s only way to recommend new films and programmes to users, but Netflix has realised there are some major flaws in the system; for example, users would always rate documentaries higher than trashy movies, yet watch trashy movies at a much higher rate.
So prepare to get brutally judged by your friends, especially if you start getting 98% matches with Adam Sandler movies.
Have you spent a little too much time agonising over whether to give that latest Netflix original series four stars, or maybe three stars?