Is Mr. Holland's Opus actually good?

Mr. Holland's Opus sits in the 69.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 69.7% of them.

How does Mr. Holland's Opus compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Mr. Holland's Opus lands in the 69.5% 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 Mr. Holland's Opus's score based on?

133 calibrated reviewers stand behind Mr. Holland's Opus's score.

1995

global pct

69.7

Film · 1995 · Films · 1990s

Mr. Holland's Opus

Name: Mr. Holland's Opus
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1995

Scored from 133 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

69.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

69.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

88.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

133 calibrated reviewers

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.

Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) is a film IMDb files under the drama and music genres.

The calibrated figure is built from 133 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 140 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 133
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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