Is Penitentiary actually good?

Penitentiary sits in the 24.2% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 24.2% of them.

How does Penitentiary compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, Penitentiary lands in the 18.4% 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 Penitentiary's score based on?

18 calibrated reviewers stand behind Penitentiary's score.

1979

global pct

24.2

Film · 1979 · Films · 1970s

Penitentiary

Name: Penitentiary
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Released: 1979

Scored from 18 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

24.2%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

18.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

26.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

18 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Penitentiary is a 1979 crime, drama and sport film.

Only 18 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 18 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1970s films — 2,406 of them.

Is Penitentiary (1979) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 18
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1970s

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