Film website Rotten Tomatoes announced this week that it would disable audience reviews for movies that have not been released.

The move is intended to crack down on what the site calls "non-constructive input, sometimes bordering on trolling, which we believe is a disservice to our general readership."

The move comes after the movie "Captain Marvel" starring Brie Larson was inundated with bad moviegoer reviews after being listed on Rotten Tomatoes before its March 8 scheduled release.

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“We are disabling the comment function prior to a movie’s release date,” Rotten Tomatoes announced in a post on Monday.

“We have decided that turning off this feature, for now, is the best course of action. Don’t worry though, fans will still get to have their say: Once a movie is released, audiences can leave a user rating and comments as they always have.”

"Captain Marvel" has received more than 8,000 user reviews of the film.

Yahoo reported that some of the comments have focused on the movie's lead being a woman.

“As a white male i dont think Brie would want me watching this movie,” user Nigel B wrote, according to Yahoo.

"Larson has made it clear…men need not attend this movie,” user Joseph U said.

Yahoo noted that such trolling on review sites has happened before with films like the all-female "Ghostbusters" reboot.