Is Splendor in the Grass actually good?

Splendor in the Grass sits in the 86.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 86.1% of them.

How does Splendor in the Grass compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1960s, Splendor in the Grass lands in the 81.7% 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 Splendor in the Grass's score based on?

130 calibrated reviewers stand behind Splendor in the Grass's score.

1961

global pct

86.1

Film · 1961 · Films · 1960s

Splendor in the Grass

Name: Splendor in the Grass
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1961

Scored from 130 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).

86.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

81.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles

96.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

130 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In late 1920s Kansas, high school sweethearts Bud Stamper and Deanie Loomis struggle to reconcile their intense desire for each other with the rigid sexual mores and parental pressures of their small town. As family expectations, repression, and the looming stock market crash pull them apart, both young lovers are pushed to emotional breaking points.

Splendor in the Grass is a 1961 drama and romance film.

A second review pool sits behind it as well: 505 Rotten Tomatoes reviewers clear the same calibration test, and Rankquant scores them separately. 130 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 135 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. 1,928 other films from the 1960s form the cohort it is ranked inside.

Is Splendor in the Grass (1961) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1960s · 1,929 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 130
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1960s

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