The social significance of film and television works manifests in multiple dimensions. On one hand, driven by socioeconomic development and spiritual civilization advancement, people's cultural and entertainment lives have become increasingly enriched. As an important form of recreational activity, cinematic works—particularly the growing proportion of big-screen productions (movies) alongside the enhancement of public literary and artistic appreciation—have emerged as mainstream cultural consumption. On the other hand, cinema, recognized as the seventh art in human artistic history, serves as both a spiritual product carrying cultural export and a vital medium reflecting contemporary sociocultural patterns and collective consciousness. Australian scholar Graeme Turner notes in Film as Social Practice that cinema participates in the social construction of culture and ideology. Today, films have evolved beyond mere aesthetic objects and entertainment forms, gradually becoming a social practice through which audiences understand and engage with society.
Writing film reviews constitutes a primary mode of audience participation in cinematic discourse, serving not only to further explore thematic and ideological content but also to supervise film quality within commercial contexts. The development of digital media and social platforms has facilitated the publication, dissemination, and exchange of film criticism. As China's largest online film review community, Douban platform hosts the most credible movie rating system in mainland China, attracting both general audiences and niche cinephiles with specialized interests. Moreover, its professional and niche-oriented rating systems generate discussion content crucial for evaluating film quality, excavating cinematic ideologies, and observing socioeconomic development and cultural consciousness.
CnOpenData's Douban Movie Review Dataset comprises five components: Film Information Table, Film Personnel Table, Short Review Table, Long Review Table, and Reviewer Profile Table, comprehensively covering all review-related data. Notably, it includes extensive concise short reviews and high-quality long-form critiques, providing rich textual resources for academic research.
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Film Information Table
Film Personnel Table
Short Review Table
Long Review Table
Reviewer Profile Table
Related Literature
- Wang Fenmian, Ren Qianyi, Zhou Xuan. 2021. "Niche Width, Audience Perception and Market Performance: Evidence from China's Film Market," China Industrial Economics 11.
- Zhu Haipeng. 2018. "Comparative Analysis of Chinese and Western Movie Reception: Based on Douban and IMDB Top250 Films," New Media Research 23.
- Gong, J.J., Young, S.M. & Zhou, A. 2023. "Real earnings management and the strategic release of new products: evidence from the motion picture industry," Review of Accounting Studies.
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