Is Black Mass actually good?

Black Mass sits in the 55.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 55.7% of them.

How does Black Mass compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2010s, Black Mass lands in the 62.7% 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 Black Mass's score based on?

372 calibrated reviewers stand behind Black Mass's score.

2015

global pct

55.7

Film · 2015 · Films · 2010s

Black Mass

Name: Black Mass
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Released: 2015

Scored from 372 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2010s (13,059 peers).

55.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

62.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles

70.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

372 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In 1970s South Boston, notorious Irish-American gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger becomes an informant for the FBI, partnering with childhood friend and agent John Connolly to take down a rival Italian mob. The unholy alliance allows Bulger to expand his own criminal empire largely unchecked, leaving a trail of corruption and violence in its wake.

Black Mass is a 2015 biography, crime and drama film.

The calibrated figure is built from 372 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 380 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 13,058 other films from the 2010s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1,803 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is Black Mass (2015) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 372
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2010s

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