Is First Cow actually good?

First Cow sits in the 51.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 51.8% of them.

How does First Cow compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2010s, First Cow lands in the 58.7% 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 First Cow's score based on?

155 calibrated reviewers stand behind First Cow's score.

2019

global pct

51.8

Film · 2019 · Films · 2010s

First Cow

Name: First Cow
Genre: Drama, Western
Released: 2019

Scored from 155 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2010s (13,059 peers).

51.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

58.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles

56.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

155 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In 1820s Oregon Territory, a quiet cook known as Cookie befriends King-Lu, a Chinese immigrant on the run. The two outsiders hatch a modest business venture selling fried honey cakes, made possible by secretly milking a wealthy landowner's prized cow, the first in the region. Their fragile friendship and small enterprise unfold against the harsh edges of the early American frontier.

First Cow is a 2019 drama and western film.

The calibrated figure is built from 155 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 158 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 13,058 other films from the 2010s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 96 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is First Cow (2019) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 155
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2010s

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