4 ■ superior = These movies are those rare works of art, combining aesthetics and intelligence.

3 ■ excellent = Excellent movies have characteristics of greatness about them—they are very good, and much better than about 9 out of 10 of all other movies.

2 ■ good = Better than average but not great. Sometimes just merely good.

1 ■ average = These are merely watchable movies. Not really good, not really bad. Ho-hum. Meh.

0 ■ junk = These are movies with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The worst of the worst are ones which are not only junk, but have pretensions to being great, but with the whole mess handled hamhandedly.