Is Porky's actually good?

Porky's sits in the 35.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 35.8% of them.

How does Porky's compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Porky's lands in the 33.3% 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 Porky's's score based on?

161 calibrated reviewers stand behind Porky's's score.

1981

global pct

35.8

Film · 1981 · Films · 1980s

Porky's

Name: Porky's
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1981

Scored from 161 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

35.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

33.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

20.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

161 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In 1954 Florida, a group of high school boys obsessed with sex and pranks set their sights on Porky's, a sleazy backwoods nightclub where they hope to lose their virginity. After being humiliated and swindled by the club's menacing owner, they plot an elaborate revenge while navigating raunchy escapades, locker room hijinks, and clashes with a corrupt sheriff back home.

Released in 1981, Porky's is a comedy film. Inside comedy it is classed as Goofy.

The calibrated figure is built from 161 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 165 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.