Is Only When I Laugh actually good?

Only When I Laugh sits in the 38.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 38.6% of them.

How does Only When I Laugh compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Only When I Laugh lands in the 35.9% 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 Only When I Laugh's score based on?

14 calibrated reviewers stand behind Only When I Laugh's score.

1981

global pct

38.6

Film · 1981 · Films · 1980s

Only When I Laugh

Name: Only When I Laugh
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1981

Scored from 14 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

38.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

35.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

40.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

14 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1981, Only When I Laugh is a comedy and drama film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. Only 14 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 14 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.

Is Only When I Laugh (1981) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 14
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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