Purpose and Conventions of film reviews

A movie review gives a brief synopsis of the film, mentioning specific details such as the director/screenwriter, name of the actors, running time, age certificate and the plot. Overall, the purpose of a film review is in the name, to review the film and give advise to the audience if the film is worth watching or not. Within a review, the producer is not meant to give away the entire plot, but highlight the most important and interesting information about the film. Film reviews can be found in most magazines, however, there are some magazines specific to just film reviews, and in those magazines they will try to convey a variety of opinions about the film, this ensuring the audience that the magazine is unbiased as your receiving both positive and negative aspects of the film. 

Conventions of typical film reviews:

• To summarize the film so that people have more information with which to gauge their interest in the film.
• Qoutes and Taglines
• Intro and Summary
• To analyze the film in terms of its artistic value and technical skill. This includes things like acting, direction, cinematography, writing, and other aspects.
• To do comparisons similar films so that people have a frame of reference.
• Rating/overall verdict