Film · 2009 · Films · 2000s
A Single Man
Two parallel scores from 245 z-qualifying reviewers and 253 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 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 · 7,847 peers in Films · 2000s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.222 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.35 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.36 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.117 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 245 / 253 |
Summary
George, a British university professor in 1960s Los Angeles, struggles to find meaning in the days following the sudden death of his longtime partner Jim. Over the course of a single, meticulously ordered day, he moves through encounters with a close friend, a student, and strangers, quietly weighing whether to continue living. Based on the Christopher Isherwood novel and directed by Tom Ford.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
245 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.222. DB2 raw mean = 7.36.
90% CI-floor = +0.117. Thin samples penalized.
Global 68.8 / cohort 74.3. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 2000s
