Is Porgy and Bess actually good?

Porgy and Bess sits in the 57.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 57.8% of them.

How does Porgy and Bess compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1950s, Porgy and Bess lands in the 46.4% 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 Porgy and Bess's score based on?

32 calibrated reviewers stand behind Porgy and Bess's score.

1959

global pct

57.8

Film · 1959 · Films · 1950s

Porgy and Bess

Name: Porgy and Bess
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Released: 1959

Scored from 32 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

57.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

46.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1950s · 561 titles

62.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

32 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Porgy and Bess is a 1959 drama, musical and romance film.

Only 32 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 32 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1950s films — 561 of them.

Is Porgy and Bess (1959) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 32
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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