Is Passing actually good?

Passing sits in the 46.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 46.3% of them.

How does Passing compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2020s, Passing lands in the 56.1% 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 Passing's score based on?

152 calibrated reviewers stand behind Passing's score.

2021

global pct

46.3

Film · 2021 · Films · 2020s

Passing

Name: Passing
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2021

Scored from 152 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2020s (7,930 peers).

46.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

56.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2020s · 7,930 titles

39.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

152 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In 1920s New York, Irene, a light-skinned Black woman living in Harlem, reconnects with childhood friend Clare, who has been passing as white and is married to a racist man unaware of her heritage. As Clare insinuates herself into Irene's family and social world, the renewed friendship stirs envy, desire, and mounting tension over identity and belonging.

Passing is a 2021 drama, mystery and thriller film.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 76 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 152 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 154 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 7,929 2020s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is Passing (2021) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2020s · 7,930 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 152
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2020s

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