Film · 1973 · Films · 1970s
Papillon
Two parallel scores from 197 z-qualifying reviewers and 211 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 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 · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.570 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.02 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.14 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.453 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 197 / 211 |
Summary
Wrongly convicted of murder, safecracker Henri 'Papillon' Charriere is sentenced to life in the brutal French penal colony of French Guiana. He forms an unlikely friendship with timid counterfeiter Louis Dega, who funds escape attempts in exchange for protection. Across years of failed breakouts, solitary confinement, and punishing conditions, Papillon refuses to surrender his will to be free.
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The math, in this order
197 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.570. DB2 raw mean = 8.14.
90% CI-floor = +0.453. Thin samples penalized.
Global 91.2 / cohort 89.4. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1970s
