Is Absolute Beginners actually good?

Absolute Beginners sits in the 29.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 29.0% of them.

How does Absolute Beginners compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Absolute Beginners lands in the 27.3% 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 Absolute Beginners's score based on?

40 calibrated reviewers stand behind Absolute Beginners's score.

1986

global pct

29.0

Film · 1986 · Films · 1980s

Absolute Beginners

Name: Absolute Beginners
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Released: 1986

Scored from 40 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

29.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

27.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

22.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

40 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1986, Absolute Beginners is a drama, musical and romance film.

Only 40 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 42 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is Absolute Beginners (1986) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 40
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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