Film · 1987 · Films · 1980s
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Two parallel scores from 442 z-qualifying reviewers and 454 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 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 · 3,141 peers in Films · 1980s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.590 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.41 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.45 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.512 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 442 / 454 |
Summary
A high-strung businessman and a cheerful salesman are forced to team up after flights are cancelled due to Thanksgiving week weather. Stranded far from home, they must navigate planes, trains, automobiles, and other improvised methods to reach Chicago, leading to a mismatched buddy journey filled with mishaps and growing camaraderie.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
442 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.590. DB2 raw mean = 8.45.
90% CI-floor = +0.512. Thin samples penalized.
Global 92.1 / cohort 91.8. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1980s
