Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s
Dead Calm
Two parallel scores from 156 z-qualifying reviewers and 159 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 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 15-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — discriminating reviewers liked it more than the casual crowd.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 3,141 peers in Films · 1980s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.179 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 6.76 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 6.71 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.048 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 156 / 159 |
Summary
After a devastating personal tragedy, naval officer John Ingram and his wife Rae take a recuperative sailing voyage on their yacht in the remote Pacific. When they encounter a seemingly abandoned schooner and a panicked lone survivor named Hughie Warriner, Rae finds herself trapped aboard with a dangerous stranger while John fights to survive on the sinking ship.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
156 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.179. DB2 raw mean = 6.71.
90% CI-floor = +0.048. Thin samples penalized.
Global 65.2 / cohort 62.5. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1980s
