Film · 1999 · Films · 1990s
Snow Falling on Cedars
Two parallel scores from 138 z-qualifying reviewers and 140 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 4,082 peers in Films · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.208 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.30 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.34 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.068 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 138 / 140 |
Summary
In a Pacific Northwest island community shortly after World War II, a Japanese American fisherman stands trial for the murder of a fellow fisherman. As the proceedings unfold, a local newspaperman who shares a hidden past with the defendant's wife confronts the racial tensions, wartime internment wounds, and buried memories that shadow the case.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
138 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.208. DB2 raw mean = 7.34.
90% CI-floor = +0.068. Thin samples penalized.
Global 67.7 / cohort 67.4. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1990s
