Is Bright Lights, Big City actually good?

Bright Lights, Big City sits in the 30.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 30.8% of them.

How does Bright Lights, Big City compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Bright Lights, Big City lands in the 28.7% 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 Bright Lights, Big City's score based on?

46 calibrated reviewers stand behind Bright Lights, Big City's score.

1988

global pct

30.8

Film · 1988 · Films · 1980s

Bright Lights, Big City

Name: Bright Lights, Big City
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988

Scored from 46 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

30.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

28.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

22.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

46 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Bright Lights, Big City is a 1988 drama film.

Only 46 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 48 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside.

Is Bright Lights, Big City (1988) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 46
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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