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How we write our film takes

Every film on Fuzzy Mushroom gets a Spore Score: one number out of 100 that combines The Pros (professional critics) and The Punters (public ratings), with each review site's habits ironed out. A number on its own can't tell you why the two camps disagree, so for the films people visit most we also publish a written take.

Who writes them

Takes are written and edited by the Fuzzy Mushroom team, an independent film site based in London. We sign them as Fuzzy Mushroom because they are the site's view, not one person's. Nobody pays for a take, studios and distributors don't see them before they go live, and a take never changes the score.

What goes into a take

The split. We start from the film's own Pros vs Punters figures, the same ones shown on its page, and ask why the two camps agree or disagree.
The film itself. What it does well, where it falls short, and who it is for.
Checkable context. Director, cast, source material, festival premieres, release dates and awards come from the public record. We don't invent quotes, and we don't put words in critics' mouths.
A clear verdict. Every take ends with our call, using the same verdict scale as the Spore Score: Must-see, Worth a watch, Good bet, Hit and miss, Not great, Skip it.

Keeping them accurate

The figures in each take are filled in from the live page data every time the site rebuilds, so they always match the score you see. If a film's Pros vs Punters split shifts enough that our wording no longer fits, our build flags it and we revise the take. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.

Films with a Fuzzy Mushroom take

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