Film · 1994 · Films · 1990s
Ed Wood
Two parallel scores from 397 z-qualifying reviewers and 411 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 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.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 4,082 peers in Films · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.629 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.51 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.56 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.547 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 397 / 411 |
Summary
Tim Burton's affectionate biopic follows Edward D. Wood Jr., the eternally optimistic cross-dressing filmmaker often dubbed the worst director of all time, as he hustles his way through 1950s Hollywood making schlock pictures like Glen or Glenda and Plan 9 from Outer Space. Along the way he forms an unlikely friendship with the aging, morphine-addicted horror icon Bela Lugosi, whose final days give the film its melancholy heart.
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The math, in this order
397 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.629. DB2 raw mean = 8.56.
90% CI-floor = +0.547. Thin samples penalized.
Global 93.6 / cohort 95.5. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1990s
