You get one guess.
It was rated low because a lot of people who didn't see it gave it a 1.
Its a common pattern for certain types of movies. You can see it by looking at the vote distribution:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1823664/ratings
9 times out of 10, when the 1 votes are at least ~3x more than the 2 votes the movie also has minorities in most of the lead roles. Especially if you break out the votes by male versus female.
Its not 100%. Some movies legitimately polarize viewers. And as more people vote the effect is usually mitigated because there just aren't enough dedicated bigots. This movie is a little bit of an exception in that 26,250 votes is pretty large already.
It will be interesting to come back in a year and see how the rating has changed. Here's a current snapshot for posterity:
26250 IMDb users have given a weighted average vote of 5.3 / 10
Demographic breakdowns are shown below.
Votes Percentage Rating
4130 15.7% 10
1213 4.6% 9
2183 8.3% 8
3409 13.0% 7
4160 15.8% 6
3425 13.0% 5
2054 7.8% 4
1403 5.3% 3
1069 4.1% 2
3204 12.2% 1
Arithmetic mean = 5.8. Median = 6
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kirx
8 years ago
So then by your logic, some voters gave this film a 10 just because it had a minority cast. I don't think anyone would believe that many people who actually saw this movie thought this was the best film they've ever seen. It goes both ways.
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