Is Barefoot Gen 2 actually good?

Barefoot Gen 2 sits in the 94.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 94.1% of them.

How does Barefoot Gen 2 compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Barefoot Gen 2 lands in the 93.9% 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 Barefoot Gen 2's score based on?

7 calibrated reviewers stand behind Barefoot Gen 2's score.

1986

global pct

94.1

Film · 1986 · Films · 1980s

Barefoot Gen 2

Name: Barefoot Gen 2
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama
Released: 1986

Scored from 7 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

94.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

93.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

74.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

7 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Barefoot Gen 2 (1986) is a film IMDb files under the animation, biography and drama genres.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. Only 7 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 7 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 18 of whom clear the calibration test.