imdb is not considered a reliable source and should not be used for article references wikipedia mosfilms critical reception explictly states do not include user ratings submitted to websites such as the internet movie database or rotten tomatoes as they are vulnerable to vote stacking and demographic skew also the film already has multiple reliable sources stating its poor reception so the imdb rating detail is not necessary in asserting that stance also see talk the godfather imdb rating talk the dark knight film archive on imdb s top for past discussions on removing all imdb rating references from film articles per wikiproject films