Is Permission actually good?

Permission sits in the 96.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 96.0% of them.

How does Permission compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Permission lands in the 95.8% 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 Permission's score based on?

23 calibrated reviewers stand behind Permission's score.

1987

global pct

96.0

Film · 1987 · Films · 1980s

Permission

Name: Permission
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Released: 1987

Scored from 23 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

96.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

95.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

92.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

23 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1987, Permission is a drama, musical and romance film.

Only 23 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 25 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside.