Is Absence of Malice actually good?

Absence of Malice sits in the 56.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 56.6% of them.

How does Absence of Malice compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Absence of Malice lands in the 53.7% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Absence of Malice's score based on?

103 calibrated reviewers stand behind Absence of Malice's score.

1981

global pct

56.6

Film · 1981 · Films · 1980s

Absence of Malice

Name: Absence of Malice
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Released: 1981

Scored from 103 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

56.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

53.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

67.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

103 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1981, Absence of Malice is a drama, romance and thriller film.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 165 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 103 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 103 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is Absence of Malice (1981) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 103
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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