Is Real Genius actually good?

Real Genius sits in the 83.2% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 83.2% of them.

How does Real Genius compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Real Genius lands in the 81.5% 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 Real Genius's score based on?

107 calibrated reviewers stand behind Real Genius's score.

1985

global pct

83.2

Film · 1985 · Films · 1980s

Real Genius

Name: Real Genius
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Released: 1985

Scored from 107 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

83.2%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

81.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

95.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

107 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1985, Real Genius is a comedy, romance and science-fiction film. Its comedy subtype is Goofy.

107 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 116 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus. A second review pool sits behind it as well: 1,321 Rotten Tomatoes reviewers clear the same calibration test, and Rankquant scores them separately.