Is Broadcast News actually good?

Broadcast News sits in the 80.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 80.0% of them.

How does Broadcast News compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Broadcast News lands in the 78.0% 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 Broadcast News's score based on?

106 calibrated reviewers stand behind Broadcast News's score.

1987

global pct

80.0

Film · 1987 · Films · 1980s

Broadcast News

Name: Broadcast News
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1987

Scored from 106 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

80.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

78.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

93.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

106 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Broadcast News (1987) is a film IMDb files under the comedy, drama and romance genres. Inside comedy it is classed as Dramedy.

The calibrated figure is built from 106 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 111 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 597 of whom clear the calibration test. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside.

Is Broadcast News (1987) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 106
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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