Film · 1972 · Films · 1970s
Cries & Whispers
Two parallel scores from 188 z-qualifying reviewers and 199 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 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. The 23-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — the casual crowd liked it more than discriminating reviewers (a classic inflation pattern).
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.104 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.86 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.97 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.016 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 188 / 199 |
Summary
In a turn-of-the-century Swedish manor, two sisters, Karin and Maria, gather to care for their third sister, Agnes, who is dying of cancer. As Agnes suffers, the women and their loyal maid Anna confront repressed memories, failed marriages, and the emotional distance that has grown between them. Ingmar Bergman's intimate chamber drama unfolds in saturated reds, exploring faith, mortality, and the impossibility of true connection.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
188 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.104. DB2 raw mean = 7.97.
90% CI-floor = -0.016. Thin samples penalized.
Global 58.8 / cohort 50.1. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1970s
