Film · 1957 · Films · 1950s
A Face in the Crowd
Two parallel scores from 172 z-qualifying reviewers and 175 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 561 peers in Films · 1950s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.786 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.69 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.71 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.660 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 172 / 175 |
Summary
A small-town Arkansas drifter named Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes is discovered in a county jail by a radio producer and quickly rises to become a beloved folksy media personality with enormous television influence. As his fame grows, so does his ego and political ambition, and those closest to him begin to see the dangerous demagogue behind the down-home charm.
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The math, in this order
172 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.786. DB2 raw mean = 8.71.
90% CI-floor = +0.660. Thin samples penalized.
Global 97.4 / cohort 95.9. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1950s
