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About Fuzzy Mushroom: The Pros, The Punters and one Spore Score

Who we are and how it works: we gather The Pros and The Punters, iron out each site's habits and give every film one Spore Score.

The Spore Score is one number per film, out of 100: The Pros and The Punters combined, with each review site's habits ironed out. How the Spore Score works.

What we do

Film scores are all over the place. One site loves a film, another shrugs, and every site has its own habits. Fuzzy Mushroom gathers them up, irons out each site's habits and gives every film one number: the Spore Score, out of 100.

The Pros and The Punters

The Pros are the professional reviewers. The Punters are everyone else: the ticket buyers and home viewers who rate what they watch. We show both sides on every film page, so you can see when they agree and when they're miles apart.

Our film takes

For the films people visit most we write a Fuzzy Mushroom take: why The Pros and The Punters agree or disagree, what the film does well and badly, who it is for, and a clear verdict. Takes are never paid for and never change the score. Read our editorial standards.

Who's behind it

Fuzzy Mushroom is made in London by Fuzzy Mushroom Ltd, 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ. Contact: [email protected].

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Why we started Fuzzy Mushroom

Picking a film should be simple, but the scores you find online rarely agree. A film can be "certified fresh" on one site, sit at a middling number on another and have a five-star average from audiences somewhere else. Each site measures something slightly different, and each has its own habits. We built Fuzzy Mushroom to do the boring bit for you: gather the scores, correct for those habits and give you one honest number, while still showing you where critics and audiences split.

What makes us different

Who we are

Fuzzy Mushroom is a small, independent film site run by the Fuzzy Mushroom team in London, part of Fuzzy Mushroom Ltd. We are not owned by a studio, a cinema chain or a streaming service, and no one pays to change a score. Our mushroom characters, The Pro, The Punter and Buzz, also appear in short videos remaking famous film scenes.

How the site pays for itself

Fuzzy Mushroom is free to use. To cover our costs we may show clearly labelled adverts, and some "where to watch" buttons are affiliate links: if you buy or rent through them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate links are always labelled, and they never affect a score, a list or a take. Sponsorships, if we take any, are labelled "Sponsored".

Corrections

If a score looks wrong, a release date has moved or a fact in one of our takes is out of date, tell us. We check every report and fix genuine mistakes quickly, usually within a day.

Useful pages

How the Spore Score works · How we write our takes · Lists · Upcoming films · Data for journalists · Badges for your site