Is Solaris actually good?

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

How does Solaris compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, Solaris lands in the 39.7% 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 Solaris's score based on?

465 calibrated reviewers stand behind Solaris's score.

2002

global pct

35.8

Film · 2002 · Films · 2000s

Solaris

Name: Solaris
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2002
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Cast: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies

Scored from 465 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

35.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

39.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

17.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

465 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A psychologist is dispatched to a space station orbiting the mysterious planet Solaris to investigate the deaths of several crew members. Upon arrival, he discovers that the planet has the ability to manifest physical forms of the crew's repressed memories and psychological traumas, forcing him to confront his own guilt and lost loved ones.

Solaris is a 2002 science fiction, drama and thriller film. Steven Soderbergh directed it. It stars George Clooney, Natascha McElhone and Viola Davis. It runs 1h 39m. It is rated PG-13. It was made in the United States.

7,846 other films from the 2000s form the cohort it is ranked inside. 465 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 483 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track.

Science FictionDramaThriller

Is Solaris (2002) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 465
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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