our rating system:

• our rating scale ranges from 1 (bad, oh so bad) to 5 (clap, clap, clap).
• our rating scale is also a strict 5 point scale, meaning no half points and such.
• the numeric scale is just there to define order and make for easy association to the actual textual meaning, and is in no way linear.
• ie. a 5 out of 5 does not necessarily mean the movie is a perfect movie, it simply means that we feel it is a must see, go now, type movie.

5 - must see!!! go now!!! perhaps buy the video/dvd when it comes out!
4 - worth seeing at full movie ticket prices
3 - worth seeing in theatres, but watch at discount periods
2 - wait for video
1 - watch for free, like on TV