Is Out of Africa actually good?

Out of Africa sits in the 66.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 66.4% of them.

How does Out of Africa compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Out of Africa lands in the 63.7% 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 Out of Africa's score based on?

225 calibrated reviewers stand behind Out of Africa's score.

1985

global pct

66.4

Film · 1985 · Films · 1980s

Out of Africa

Name: Out of Africa
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Released: 1985

Scored from 225 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

66.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

63.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

87.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

225 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Danish baroness Karen Blixen travels to colonial Kenya for a marriage of convenience and takes over a coffee plantation at the foot of the Ngong Hills. As she builds a life among the Kikuyu and battles the land, she falls into a deep, independent love affair with big-game hunter Denys Finch Hatton, whose refusal to be possessed shapes the arc of her years in Africa.

Out of Africa is a 1985 biography, drama and romance film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1,779 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 225 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 235 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is Out of Africa (1985) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 225
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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