Is Cruel Intentions actually good?

Cruel Intentions sits in the 50.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 50.7% of them.

How does Cruel Intentions compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Cruel Intentions lands in the 48.9% 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 Cruel Intentions's score based on?

415 calibrated reviewers stand behind Cruel Intentions's score.

1999

global pct

50.7

Film · 1999 · Films · 1990s

Cruel Intentions

Name: Cruel Intentions
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1999

Scored from 415 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

50.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

48.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

53.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

415 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Two wealthy, manipulative step-siblings on Manhattan's Upper East Side make a wicked bet: Sebastian wagers he can seduce Annette, the headmaster's virtuous daughter who has publicly vowed to wait for love, while Kathryn schemes to ruin the reputation of a naive newcomer dating her ex. As Sebastian's pursuit turns into genuine feelings, the cruel game spirals toward betrayal and tragedy.

Cruel Intentions is a 1999 drama and romance film.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus. 415 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 443 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track.

Is Cruel Intentions (1999) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 415
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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