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I like the concept, but the site design is really over the top for something that should ideally be very minimal. An entire screen of real estate barely holds 3 "one sentence reviews".

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I actually really like the design. Sometimes too minimal can be... too minimal when you are talking about very small pieces of content like a once sentence description and a one sentence review.

As far as one screen barely holding 3 reviews, I don't want to see much more. I don't want 10 reviews stuck into a small space. The layout with a good sized picture and an acceptable amount of space around everything is really nice.

Additionally the reviews underneath the movies further down the page are light grey and non-obvious.

That would strike me as something to make obvious - over the film blurb.

Thanks, this will definitely be on my list of things to fix. When you've been working on something for so long the non-obvious stuff tends blur as you know the site like the back of your hand. Getting a fresh pair of eyes on it really makes a difference.

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