Film · 1988 · Films · 1980s
My Neighbor Totoro
Two parallel scores from 495 z-qualifying reviewers and 521 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 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 · 3,141 peers in Films · 1980s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.531 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.46 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.53 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.458 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 495 / 521 |
Summary
Two young sisters move to the countryside and discover a magical forest inhabited by friendly forest spirits called Totoros. As their mother recovers from illness in a hospital, the girls form an enchanting friendship with these gentle creatures and experience wonder in their new home.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
495 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.531. DB2 raw mean = 8.53.
90% CI-floor = +0.458. Thin samples penalized.
Global 89.5 / cohort 89.3. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1980s
