Film review rubric
Excellent
(N/A)
Summary of movie and details
support reviewer's opinion
Good
(N/A)
Excellent
Writer gives a brief summary of ?lm
without disclosing ending; includes
enough info to satisfy; details from
the movie and evidence from
summary strongly support reviewer’s
opinion
Evaluation of various aspects
of film (Vocabulary)
Excellent
Contains suffcient evaluation of many
aspects of the flm including directing,
acting, location, special effects,
soundtrack, etc using specific
vocabulary (word bank)
Effective organization
(connectors and mature ideas)
Excellent
Review is strongly organized with
clear transitions and logical
connections that create a sense of
being tightly woven together
Final evaluation
Excellent
Review offers a clear conclusion or
evaluation of the movie with a
recommendation for viewing to
others.
Fair
(N/A)
Unsatisfactory
(N/A)
Good
Fair
Summary is either a little too long or
not long enough but does not give
away ending; not quite as compelling;
fewer details from the movie and
evidence from summary to support
reviewer’s opinion
Summary is either much too short or
much too long; may be vague or tell
too much; few details from the movie
and little evidence from summary to
support reviewer’s opinion
Good
Fair
Unsatisfactory
Contains insufficient evaluation of
aspects of the flm including directing,
acting, location, special effects and
soundtrack using specific vocabulary
(word bank)
Contains no signifcant evaluation of
aspects of the film and no vocabulary
from the Word bank has been used.
Fair
Unsatisfactory
Contains some evaluation of aspects
of the flm including directing, acting,
location, special effects and
soundtrack using specific vocabulary
(word bank)
Good
Review is organized and most
transitions and connections are clear,
but either organization is somewhat
lacking or the sense of ?ow is
somewhat abrupt
Good
Conclusion is satisfactory but is
lacking of a clear final evaluation
Review lacks strong organization ;
jumps around too much or lacks
effective transitions; not in logical
order
Fair
A conclusion is present, but it's weak
and lacking of a clear final evaluation
Unsatisfactory
Little or no signi? cant summary; no
details from the movie and little
evidence from summary to support
reviewer’s opinion
Review is choppy or incohesive;
organization is unclear; few effective
transitions
Unsatisfactory
No conclusion is present.
Convention and presentation
Grammar
Spelling
Excellent
GOOD
FAIR
UNSATISFACTORY
Review has a very good use of
punctuation and capitalization. It is
very well presented (margins, letter…)
Review has a good use of punctuation
and capitalization. It is well presented
(margins, letter…)
Review has a fair use of punctuation
and capitalization although there are
some mistakes. It is presented fairly
(margins, letter…)
Review has a poor use of punctuation
and capitalization. It has many
mistakes and the presentation is not
neat ( no margins, illegible letter…)
Student uses grammar very well
Good use of gramar although there
are some minor mistakes
Student has many mistakes but the
review is still understandable
Impossible to understand due to
gramar mistakes
Spelling is very good
Spelling is quite good (very few
mistakes)
Some spelling mistakes
Many spelling mistakes