Is Parenthood actually good?

Parenthood sits in the 82.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 82.6% of them.

How does Parenthood compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Parenthood lands in the 80.9% 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 Parenthood's score based on?

123 calibrated reviewers stand behind Parenthood's score.

1989

global pct

82.6

Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s

Parenthood

Name: Parenthood
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1989

Scored from 123 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

82.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

80.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

95.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

123 calibrated reviewers

Summary

An ensemble comedy-drama following the extended Buckman family across multiple generations as they navigate the joys and anxieties of raising children. Gil struggles to balance work pressure with being a better father than his own dad was, while his siblings face their own parenting challenges, from a high-strung mother pushing her gifted daughter to a wayward sister whose teens are spiraling.

Released in 1989, Parenthood is a comedy and drama film. Its comedy subtype is Dramedy.

123 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 130 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.