Is Far from Heaven actually good?

Far from Heaven sits in the 71.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 71.7% of them.

How does Far from Heaven compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, Far from Heaven lands in the 77.2% 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 Far from Heaven's score based on?

254 calibrated reviewers stand behind Far from Heaven's score.

2002

global pct

71.7

Film · 2002 · Films · 2000s

Far from Heaven

Name: Far from Heaven
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2002

Scored from 254 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

71.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

77.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

92.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

254 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In 1950s suburban Connecticut, picture-perfect housewife Cathy Whitaker's world unravels when she discovers her husband's hidden life. As her marriage strains, she finds unexpected connection with her Black gardener, a friendship that scandalizes their rigidly segregated community and forces her to confront the limits of her seemingly idyllic existence.

Released in 2002, Far from Heaven is a drama and romance film.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1,045 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 254 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 260 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them.

Is Far from Heaven (2002) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 254
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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