Capsule review explained

A capsule review or mini review^[1] is a form of appraisal, usually associated with journalism, that offers a relatively short critique of a specified creative work (movie, music album, restaurant, painting, etc.). Capsule reviews generally appear in publications like newspapers and magazines and may be placed within the context of a cultural digest section of a publication.^[2]

Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide is a well-known publication that includes thousands of capsule movie reviews by prolific film writer Leonard Maltin, including the world's shortest capsule review according to the Guinness Book of World Records, a 2 out of 4-star review of the 1948 musical Isn't It Romantic? that consisted of only the word "no".^[3]

See also

• Christgau's Record Guide

References

• Martin Stevens and Jeffery Kluewer. "The Short Summary and Capsule Review". Critical Reading and Writing. Longman. 1983. Page 375 et seq. Google Books

Notes and References

1. The Word, 1976, issue 12, page 15 Google Books
2. Book: Mathijs, E. . The Lord of the Rings: Popular Culture in Global Context . Wallflower . Film Studies . 2006 . 978-1-904764-82-3 . 2019-06-01 . 137.
3. News: Bloomer . Jeffrey . The Story Behind the Shortest Movie Review of All Time . Slate . New York City . . 2019-02-14 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190215013021/https://slate.com/culture/2019/02/isnt-it-romantic-no-shortest-movie-review-ever-leonard-maltin.html . 2019-02-15 . 2019-06-01 . Even in the pre-internet days, the pithy review became such a cult favorite that a fan, in the 1980s, submitted it to Guinness World Records, which later informed Maltin it would certify it as the world’s shortest movie review. .