Is Forgetting Sarah Marshall actually good?

Forgetting Sarah Marshall sits in the 56.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 56.4% of them.

How does Forgetting Sarah Marshall compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, Forgetting Sarah Marshall lands in the 62.0% 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 Forgetting Sarah Marshall's score based on?

361 calibrated reviewers stand behind Forgetting Sarah Marshall's score.

2008

global pct

56.4

Film · 2008 · Films · 2000s

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Name: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2008

Scored from 361 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

56.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

62.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

72.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

361 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After being dumped by his TV-star girlfriend Sarah Marshall, struggling composer Peter Bretter flees to a Hawaiian resort to clear his head, only to discover Sarah is staying at the same hotel with her new rock-star boyfriend. As Peter tries to move on with the help of a kind front-desk clerk, he is forced to confront his ex, his rival, and his own stalled ambitions.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a 2008 comedy, drama and romance film. Inside comedy it is classed as Romcom.

7,846 other films from the 2000s form the cohort it is ranked inside. The calibrated figure is built from 361 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 372 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 19,455 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 361
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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