Is Romeo + Juliet actually good?

Romeo + Juliet sits in the 35.3% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 35.3% of them.

How does Romeo + Juliet compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Romeo + Juliet lands in the 32.7% 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 Romeo + Juliet's score based on?

373 calibrated reviewers stand behind Romeo + Juliet's score.

1996

global pct

35.3

Film · 1996 · Films · 1990s

Romeo + Juliet

Name: Romeo + Juliet
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1996

Scored from 373 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

35.3%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

32.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

16.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

373 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Baz Luhrmann's modernized adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy transplants the feuding Montagues and Capulets to the gun-toting, neon-soaked world of Verona Beach. When Romeo crashes a Capulet party, he locks eyes with Juliet and the two fall instantly in love, defying their warring families. Their secret romance collides with street violence and family loyalty, setting a doomed course in motion.

Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 drama and romance film.

373 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 400 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is Romeo + Juliet (1996) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 373
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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