Film · 1978 · Films · 1970s
Magic
Two parallel scores from 138 z-qualifying reviewers and 139 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 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 · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.399 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.55 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.57 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.259 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 138 / 139 |
Summary
A struggling magician finds success with a ventriloquist act, but his menacing dummy Fats seems to have a will of its own. As he reconnects with a former high school crush in the Catskills, his grip on reality begins to slip and his handler grows suspicious of the act.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
138 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.399. DB2 raw mean = 7.57.
90% CI-floor = +0.259. Thin samples penalized.
Global 81.9 / cohort 77.3. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1970s
