Is Smile Before Death actually good?

Smile Before Death sits in the 71.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 71.6% of them.

How does Smile Before Death compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, Smile Before Death lands in the 64.2% 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 Smile Before Death's score based on?

17 calibrated reviewers stand behind Smile Before Death's score.

1972

global pct

71.6

Film · 1972 · Films · 1970s

Smile Before Death

Name: Smile Before Death
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Released: 1972

Scored from 17 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

71.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

64.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

71.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

17 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Smile Before Death (1972) is a film IMDb files under the crime, drama and horror genres.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 2,405 1970s films, not against the whole corpus. Only 17 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 17 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.

Is Smile Before Death (1972) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 17
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1970s

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