Is Hairspray actually good?

Hairspray sits in the 75.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 75.0% of them.

How does Hairspray compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, Hairspray lands in the 80.4% 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 Hairspray's score based on?

313 calibrated reviewers stand behind Hairspray's score.

2007

global pct

75.0

Film · 2007 · Films · 2000s

Hairspray

Name: Hairspray
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Released: 2007

Scored from 313 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

75.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

80.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

94.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

313 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In 1962 Baltimore, plus-sized teenager Tracy Turnblad dreams of dancing on a popular local TV show. After landing a spot on the program, she becomes a star and uses her newfound fame to challenge segregation and push for racial integration on the show, all while navigating teen romance and standing up to its scheming producer.

Hairspray (2007) is a film IMDb files under the comedy, drama and musical genres. Inside comedy it is classed as Dramedy.

7,846 other films from the 2000s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 45,043 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 313 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 332 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is Hairspray (2007) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 313
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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