A review is an evaluation of something, while a critic is a person who offers criticism (perhaps you were thinking critique?). Reviews often features criticism.
Criticism is often considered the most important and valuable part of a review. Anyone can summarize a work - and such summaries are often already available - but a critical review can suggest why certain groups should or should not spend their time to experience a particular work; it may also provide valuable feedback to the work's creator, and highlight features which the reader might otherwise have failed to appreciate.
Of course, it's not just about giving an opinion – the "why" is important. If one reviewer cares about different things to another, they may have wildly different opinions of a work.
People rarely seek to review works which they find entirely uninteresting; and where they do have an interest, they also tend to have preconceptions. A good reviewer can look beyond those, but their opinion will still be flavoured by them. This is why it's important to look at several reviews. Of course, if they all trounce a work for different reasons, it's probably a dud.
I wouldn't call this particular story a review – it's a preview in which Fred states his opinion. I suspect he won't be reviewing this.
A review is an evaluation of something, while a critic is a person who offers criticism (perhaps you were thinking critique?). Reviews often features criticism.
Criticism is often considered the most important and valuable part of a review. Anyone can summarize a work - and such summaries are often already available - but a critical review can suggest why certain groups should or should not spend their time to experience a particular work; it may also provide valuable feedback to the work's creator, and highlight features which the reader might otherwise have failed to appreciate.
Of course, it's not just about giving an opinion – the "why" is important. If one reviewer cares about different things to another, they may have wildly different opinions of a work.
People rarely seek to review works which they find entirely uninteresting; and where they do have an interest, they also tend to have preconceptions. A good reviewer can look beyond those, but their opinion will still be flavoured by them. This is why it's important to look at several reviews. Of course, if they all trounce a work for different reasons, it's probably a dud.
I wouldn't call this particular story a review – it's a preview in which Fred states his opinion. I suspect he won't be reviewing this.