Is News of the World actually good?

News of the World sits in the 69.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 69.6% of them.

How does News of the World compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2020s, News of the World lands in the 76.7% 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 News of the World's score based on?

597 calibrated reviewers stand behind News of the World's score.

2020

global pct

69.6

Film · 2020 · Films · 2020s

News of the World

Name: News of the World
Genre: Western, Drama, Adventure
Released: 2020
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Cast: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel

Scored from 597 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2020s (7,930 peers).

69.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

76.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2020s · 7,930 titles

92.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

597 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In post-Civil War Texas, a traveling news reader assists a young girl who was kidnapped by a Native American tribe, helping her navigate dangerous frontier territory to reunite with her family.

Released in 2020, News of the World is a western, drama and adventure film. Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel head the billed cast. Paul Greengrass directed it. Its country of origin is listed as the United States. It runs 1h 58m. Its certificate is PG-13.

7,929 other films from the 2020s form the cohort it is ranked inside. The calibrated figure is built from 597 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 617 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 533 of whom clear the calibration test.

WesternDramaAdventure

Is News of the World (2020) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2020s · 7,930 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 597
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2020s

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