Film · 2016 · Films · 2010s
A Monster Calls
Two parallel scores from 249 z-qualifying reviewers and 259 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2010s (13,059 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 · 13,059 peers in Films · 2010s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.590 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.08 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.10 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.486 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 249 / 259 |
Summary
A lonely 12-year-old boy named Conor struggles to cope with his mother's terminal illness, bullying at school, and the prospect of living with his stern grandmother. Each night a giant tree-like monster visits him and tells three stories, demanding that Conor confront a painful truth of his own in return.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
249 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.590. DB2 raw mean = 8.10.
90% CI-floor = +0.486. Thin samples penalized.
Global 92.1 / cohort 94.6. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 2010s
