Gave stars on IMDb, say (5)

I believe the answer is:

rated

(Other definitions for rated that I've seen before include "Scolded, estimated" , "deserved" , "Graded, ranked" , "Was worthy of" , "Estimated the value or assigned a ranking" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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