Film · 2020 · Films · 2020s
Sputnik
Two parallel scores from 275 z-qualifying reviewers and 279 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2020s (7,930 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. The 17-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — discriminating reviewers liked it more than the casual crowd.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 7,930 peers in Films · 2020s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.285 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 6.96 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 6.96 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.185 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 275 / 279 |
Summary
In 1983, at the height of the Cold War, a Soviet cosmonaut returns to Earth as the sole survivor of a mysterious in-orbit incident. A young, unorthodox neurophysiologist is recruited to a secret military facility to evaluate him, where she discovers he is not alone-something came back with him. She must navigate the secrets of the regime while uncovering the truth about the creature and its bond with the cosmonaut.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
275 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.285. DB2 raw mean = 6.96.
90% CI-floor = +0.185. Thin samples penalized.
Global 73.7 / cohort 79.9. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 2020s
