Is Some Like It Hot actually good?

Some Like It Hot sits in the 96.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 96.9% of them.

How does Some Like It Hot compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1950s, Some Like It Hot lands in the 95.2% 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 Some Like It Hot's score based on?

403 calibrated reviewers stand behind Some Like It Hot's score.

1959

global pct

96.9

Film · 1959 · Films · 1950s

Some Like It Hot

Name: Some Like It Hot
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Released: 1959

Scored from 403 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

96.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

95.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1950s · 561 titles

99.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

403 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After two Chicago musicians witness a mob hit in 1929, they flee the city by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-female band headed to Florida. Complications mount when one falls for the band's ukulele-playing singer while the other is aggressively courted by a smitten millionaire, all while the gangsters close in.

Some Like It Hot (1959) is a film IMDb files under the comedy, music and romance genres. Inside comedy it is classed as Romcom.

The calibrated figure is built from 403 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 422 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 560 other films from the 1950s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 5,221 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is Some Like It Hot (1959) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 403
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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