To understand the limitations of modern film grading, one must first look at the traditional review. Historically, film criticism in mainstream outlets was designed to tell a prospective audience whether a movie was "worth the price of admission." A four-star system implicitly suggests a universal standard of quality: four stars is a masterpiece, two stars is mediocre, and zero stars is an unmitigated disaster. But this binary of "good" versus "bad" works reasonably well only when evaluating mainstream, formulaic cinema. If a superhero movie fails to deliver coherent action or a compelling plot, an 'F' grade makes structural sense. Independent cinema, however, operates on an entirely different wavelength.
– Assign a letter or number grade to the performance , not just the film.
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