Is Cold in July actually good?

Cold in July sits in the 65.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 65.4% of them.

How does Cold in July compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2010s, Cold in July lands in the 72.2% 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 Cold in July's score based on?

159 calibrated reviewers stand behind Cold in July's score.

2014

global pct

65.4

Film · 2014 · Films · 2010s

Cold in July

Name: Cold in July
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 2014

Scored from 159 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2010s (13,059 peers).

65.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

72.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles

84.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

159 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After East Texas picture framer Richard Dane shoots and kills a burglar who breaks into his home one night, the dead man's ex-con father arrives in town seeking revenge against Dane and his family. What begins as a tense cat-and-mouse standoff soon unravels into something far stranger, pulling Dane, the grieving father, and a flamboyant private investigator into a much darker conspiracy.

Released in 2014, Cold in July is a crime and thriller film.

13,058 other films from the 2010s form the cohort it is ranked inside. The calibrated figure is built from 159 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 160 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 385 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is Cold in July (2014) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 159
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2010s

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