Film · 1995 · Films · 1990s
Mr. Holland's Opus
Two parallel scores from 133 z-qualifying reviewers and 140 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 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 · 4,082 peers in Films · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.234 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.49 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.60 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.092 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 133 / 140 |
Summary
An aspiring composer takes a temporary job as a high school music teacher to support his family, intending to return to writing his symphony. Over three decades, he becomes a beloved mentor who shapes generations of students, while struggling to connect with his deaf son and balancing his unfulfilled musical ambitions against the legacy he is quietly building in the classroom.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
133 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.234. DB2 raw mean = 7.60.
90% CI-floor = +0.092. Thin samples penalized.
Global 69.7 / cohort 69.5. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1990s
