Is Switching Channels actually good?

Switching Channels sits in the 71.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 71.1% of them.

How does Switching Channels compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Switching Channels lands in the 67.9% 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 Switching Channels's score based on?

16 calibrated reviewers stand behind Switching Channels's score.

1988

global pct

71.1

Film · 1988 · Films · 1980s

Switching Channels

Name: Switching Channels
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1988

Scored from 16 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

71.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

67.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

70.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

16 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1988, Switching Channels is a comedy and crime film.

Only 16 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 18 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. A second review pool sits behind it as well: 46 Rotten Tomatoes reviewers clear the same calibration test, and Rankquant scores them separately. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.

Is Switching Channels (1988) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 16
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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