Is Popeye actually good?

Popeye sits in the 23.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 23.3% of them.

How does Popeye compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Popeye lands in the 21.6% 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 Popeye's score based on?

196 calibrated reviewers stand behind Popeye's score.

1980

global pct

23.3

Film · 1980 · Films · 1980s

Popeye

Name: Popeye
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Released: 1980

Scored from 196 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

23.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

21.6%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

7.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

196 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The spinach-loving sailor Popeye arrives at the seaside town of Sweethaven searching for his long-lost father. He boards with the Oyl family, falls for the gangly Olive Oyl, and adopts an abandoned baby named Swee'Pea, all while clashing with the brutish Bluto and the town's oppressive Commodore.

Popeye is a 1980 adventure, comedy and family film. Inside comedy it is classed as Goofy.

The calibrated figure is built from 196 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 203 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside.