How We Review

At Missed Marks Film Reviews, we believe that every film should have a chance at a Bullseye, based on how well it performs in the areas each film excels best. We also want to ensure fairness and accountability by placing the appropriate weighting in areas the film does not do well. This approach led me to develop the Missed Mark Method.

Each film is given opportunities to earn stars in the following categories, or ’Marks’ if you will: Plot, Cast, Effects, Music, Action, Comedy, Innovation, Dialogue, Cinematography, and Design. 

You’ll notice that while many of these items can be applied to any film, some are more genre specific and may not apply to every film. This is how we allow for fair weighting of films to excel in their genre. If a particular mark is not applicable to the film, we simply N/A it from consideration. No need to consider the action rating of a Jane Austen film! 

Now that we know the marks, it’s time to assign grades. Each mark is given a star value based on how well it was executed in the film(unless N/A’d)

1.5=Perfect

1.0=Above Standard

.05=Standard

0.0=Below Standard

-.05=Awful

We then take the three highest rated marks(choosing most important/influential from ties), and the lowest rated mark(choosing the most detrimental from ties) and combine them into a star rating. A film can earn more than 5 stars in this method, but would still share the same rating as a 5 star film.