How to Cite a Movie Review Page in MLA Style

Abandon the idea that an academic paper has to be boring. Engage your professor or peers with informative, yet entertaining, sources. Movie reviews can be used to prove a point, strengthen an argument and bring the weight of popular culture to bear upon your paper. As you long properly cite movie reviews, according to MLA guidelines, you can use them to add life and relevancy to your essay or school paper.

Things You'll Need

  • MLA Style Handbook
  • Newspaper or website review
  • Date
  • Author
  • Publication/website title
  • Review title
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Instructions

  1. Citing a Newspaper Review

    • 1

      Gather the author of the review's first and last name, title of the review, publication date and name of the newspaper or journal in which the review is published.

    • 2

      List the review within your bibliography alphabetically by the author's last name. If there is more than one author, alphabetize by the leading author's last name. Type the author's last name, followed by his first name and separated by a comma. Place a period after the last name and include the title of the review in quotation marks. For example: Smith, Jane. "A Look at Trashy News."

    • 3

      Type an abbreviation for review (Rev. of) after the review title followed by the title of the film. Underline the film title, followed by a comma, followed by the name of the film's director. Place a period after the director's first and last name and type, in underlined font, the name of the publication in which the review appears. Follow that with the date the review was published and include which edition (a.m. or p.m.) of the paper it appeared in. For example: Smith, Jane. "A Look at Trashy News." Rev. of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, dir. Adam McKay. Los Angeles Times 10 Nov. 2004: a.m. (Note that Los Angeles Times should be underlined.)

      If the review appears in a journal as opposed to a newspaper, you will need to include the page numbers of the journal on which the review is printed.

    Citing an Online Review

    • 4

      Follow the example given in section 1 if you are citing a film review from an online edition of a newspaper, but also include the complete URL of the website where you accessed the review and the date you accessed it. For example: Smith, Jane. "A Look at Trashy News." Rev. of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, dir. Adam McKay. Los Angeles Times Online: Entertainment 10 November 2004. 14 Nov. 2004 <http://www.losangelestimes/moviereviews/?anchorman/12234.htm>.

    • 5

      Start with the author's last name followed by his first if you are citing a review of a film on an online site that is not a newspaper. Or, if there is no author, begin with the name of the website. Follow with the title of the review, the name of the website underlined, and the date of publication, which should be posted beneath the review title.

    • 6

      Type the date you accessed the online review and complete the citation with the URL of the website. For example: Fox, Paul. "Anchorman's Not Your Nightly News." Movie Reviews. 10 Nov. 2004. 20 Apr. 2005 <http://www.moviereviews.com/anchorman/2132493.htm>.

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