Is Edtv actually good?

Edtv sits in the 37.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 37.0% of them.

How does Edtv compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Edtv lands in the 34.4% 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 Edtv's score based on?

121 calibrated reviewers stand behind Edtv's score.

1999

global pct

37.0

Film · 1999 · Films · 1990s

Edtv

Name: Edtv
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1999

Scored from 121 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

37.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

34.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

23.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

121 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A San Francisco TV network, desperate for ratings, picks an ordinary video store clerk named Ed to be the subject of a 24-hour reality show broadcasting his every move. As Ed becomes a national celebrity, the constant cameras strain his relationships with his family and the woman he falls for, forcing him to question whether fame is worth the loss of a private life.

Edtv is a 1999 comedy and drama film. Its comedy subtype is Satire.

121 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 126 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. 4,081 other films from the 1990s form the cohort it is ranked inside. A second review pool sits behind it as well: 976 Rotten Tomatoes reviewers clear the same calibration test, and Rankquant scores them separately.