Is Dumplin' actually good?

Dumplin' sits in the 54.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 54.5% of them.

How does Dumplin' compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2010s, Dumplin' lands in the 61.4% 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 Dumplin''s score based on?

219 calibrated reviewers stand behind Dumplin''s score.

2018

global pct

54.5

Film · 2018 · Films · 2010s

Dumplin'

Name: Dumplin'
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2018

Scored from 219 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2010s (13,059 peers).

54.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

61.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles

65.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

219 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Willowdean 'Dumplin'' Dickson, the plus-size teenage daughter of a former beauty queen who now runs the local Texas pageant, signs up to compete as a protest against her mother's narrow standards. With her best friend and a group of fellow misfit contestants, she finds confidence through the legacy of her late Dolly Parton-loving aunt while navigating a budding romance with a coworker.

Released in 2018, Dumplin' is a comedy and drama film. Inside comedy it is classed as Dramedy.

The calibrated figure is built from 219 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 234 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 109 of whom clear the calibration test. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2010s films — 13,059 of them.

Is Dumplin' (2018) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 219
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2010s

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