Film · 1999 · Films · 1990s
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Two parallel scores from 138 z-qualifying reviewers and 144 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 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. The 15-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — the casual crowd liked it more than discriminating reviewers (a classic inflation pattern).
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 4,082 peers in Films · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | -0.054 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 6.96 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.07 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.194 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 138 / 144 |
Summary
In 19th-century Tuscany, two pairs of mismatched young lovers flee into an enchanted forest, where a meddlesome fairy king and his sprite Puck use a love-inducing flower that scrambles their affections. Nearby, a troupe of bumbling amateur actors rehearses a play, and their weaver Bottom is transformed and drawn into the jealous quarrel between the fairy king and queen. Adapted from Shakespeare's comedy.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
138 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = -0.054. DB2 raw mean = 7.07.
90% CI-floor = -0.194. Thin samples penalized.
Global 45.2 / cohort 43. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1990s
