Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s
Born on the Fourth of July
Two parallel scores from 193 z-qualifying reviewers and 197 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 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 · 3,141 peers in Films · 1980s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.442 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.90 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.94 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.323 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 193 / 197 |
Summary
Based on the autobiography of Ron Kovic, this film follows a patriotic young American who enlists in the Marines and is sent to Vietnam, where he is gravely wounded and paralyzed from the chest down. Returning home to a country torn by the war, he struggles with disillusionment, a broken VA system, and personal demons before finding purpose as an outspoken anti-war activist.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
193 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.442. DB2 raw mean = 7.94.
90% CI-floor = +0.323. Thin samples penalized.
Global 84.6 / cohort 83. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1980s
