Film · 1983 · Films · 1980s
Terms of Endearment
Two parallel scores from 207 z-qualifying reviewers and 216 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 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 · 3,141 peers in Films · 1980s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.219 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.33 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.32 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.105 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 207 / 216 |
Summary
Spanning three decades, this film follows the complicated, often contentious bond between strong-willed Houston widow Aurora Greenway and her free-spirited daughter Emma. As Emma marries an unfaithful college professor and starts a family, Aurora navigates her own late-blooming romance with a brash former astronaut next door, while mother and daughter weather life's joys and hardships together.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
207 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.219. DB2 raw mean = 7.32.
90% CI-floor = +0.105. Thin samples penalized.
Global 68.6 / cohort 65.5. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1980s
