Film · 1985 · Films · 1980s
Brazil
Two parallel scores from 437 z-qualifying reviewers and 466 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 | +0.440 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.96 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.03 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.361 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 437 / 466 |
Summary
In a dystopian, bureaucratic hellscape, a low-level information retrieval specialist named Sam Lowry becomes entangled in a case of mistaken identity when his dreams of a beautiful woman begin to intersect with reality. As he's drawn into a dangerous criminal investigation, he must navigate between the oppressive state machinery pursuing him and the revolutionary underground that sees him as a potential asset.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
437 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.440. DB2 raw mean = 8.03.
90% CI-floor = +0.361. Thin samples penalized.
Global 84.4 / cohort 82.8. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1980s
