Is Distant Voices, Still Lives actually good?

Distant Voices, Still Lives sits in the 50.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 50.5% of them.

How does Distant Voices, Still Lives compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Distant Voices, Still Lives lands in the 48.2% 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 Distant Voices, Still Lives's score based on?

30 calibrated reviewers stand behind Distant Voices, Still Lives's score.

1988

global pct

50.5

Film · 1988 · Films · 1980s

Distant Voices, Still Lives

Name: Distant Voices, Still Lives
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1988

Scored from 30 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

50.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

48.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

50.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

30 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Distant Voices, Still Lives is a 1988 drama and music film.

Only 30 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 31 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 81 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 30
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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