Film · 1962 · Films · 1960s
Lolita
Two parallel scores from 245 z-qualifying reviewers and 250 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 1,929 peers in Films · 1960s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.273 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.58 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.61 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.168 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 245 / 250 |
Summary
Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged European literature professor, becomes obsessed with Dolores 'Lolita' Haze, the teenage daughter of his American landlady. He marries the mother to stay close to the girl, and after circumstances leave him as Lolita's guardian, the two embark on a fraught cross-country journey shadowed by the mysterious, manipulative Clare Quilty.
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The math, in this order
245 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.273. DB2 raw mean = 7.61.
90% CI-floor = +0.168. Thin samples penalized.
Global 72.8 / cohort 64.7. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1960s
