Film · 1960 · Films · 1960s
The Apartment
Two parallel scores from 408 z-qualifying reviewers and 418 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 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 · 1,929 peers in Films · 1960s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.775 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.65 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.68 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.694 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 408 / 418 |
Summary
C.C. Baxter, a lonely insurance clerk in Manhattan, climbs the corporate ladder by lending his apartment to senior executives for their extramarital trysts. His scheme grows complicated when he develops feelings for elevator operator Fran Kubelik, only to discover she is the mistress of his philandering boss. Billy Wilder's bittersweet comedy-drama balances office satire with genuine tenderness.
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The math, in this order
408 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.775. DB2 raw mean = 8.68.
90% CI-floor = +0.694. Thin samples penalized.
Global 97.3 / cohort 96.8. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1960s
