Is Killing Them Softly actually good?

Killing Them Softly sits in the 32.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 32.1% of them.

How does Killing Them Softly compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2010s, Killing Them Softly lands in the 37.8% 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 Killing Them Softly's score based on?

397 calibrated reviewers stand behind Killing Them Softly's score.

2012

global pct

32.1

Film · 2012 · Films · 2010s

Killing Them Softly

Name: Killing Them Softly
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2012

Scored from 397 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2010s (13,059 peers).

32.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

37.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles

13.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

397 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After two small-time crooks rob a mob-protected poker game, an enforcer named Jackie Cogan is brought in to track down those responsible and restore order to the criminal economy. Set against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis and presidential election, the film weaves political speeches into a bleak meditation on American capitalism and crime.

Killing Them Softly (2012) is a film IMDb files under the crime, drama and thriller genres.

The calibrated figure is built from 397 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 409 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 13,058 2010s films, not against the whole corpus. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 2,811 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is Killing Them Softly (2012) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 397
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2010s

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