Film · 1971 · Films · 1970s
Straw Dogs
Two parallel scores from 238 z-qualifying reviewers and 241 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 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 · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.246 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.07 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.09 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.139 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 238 / 241 |
Summary
A mild-mannered American mathematician relocates with his English wife to her remote Cornish village, hoping to escape the turmoil of the United States. Tensions with the local laborers he hires to repair his farmhouse escalate into harassment and menace, eventually forcing him into a brutal confrontation when the violence reaches his doorstep.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
238 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.246. DB2 raw mean = 7.09.
90% CI-floor = +0.139. Thin samples penalized.
Global 70.7 / cohort 63.1. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1970s
