12 Bafflingly High 2018 IMDB Scores You Will Not Believe

by Jack Pooley

1. Green Book (8.3)

Green Book
Universal Pictures

As with Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book takes a worthy subject and boils it down into an easily digestible, middle-brow movie which ditches nuance in favour of simple platitudes.

It's also sublimely acted by Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, which makes it impossible to dismiss entirely.

Even with its populist appeal, an 8.3 score - not to mention a Best Picture (Comedy or Musical) Golden Globe win - seems utterly ludicrous. If this rating holds, Green Book will end up joining Bohemian Rhapsody in the Top 250 once it amasses more votes. Oof.

The Score It Deserves: The acting elevates the whole, but the movie's simplification of systemic racism and overly sentimental, forced tone just strikes a bit of an icky note. 5.5 should be the ceiling for this shameless awards bait.

What do you make of these IMDB scores? Wildly over-inflated or on the money? Shout it out in the comments!

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