Is The Big Chill actually good?

The Big Chill sits in the 46.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 46.8% of them.

How does The Big Chill compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, The Big Chill lands in the 44.5% 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 The Big Chill's score based on?

181 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Big Chill's score.

1983

global pct

46.8

Film · 1983 · Films · 1980s

The Big Chill

Name: The Big Chill
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1983

Scored from 181 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

46.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

44.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

40.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

181 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A group of former University of Michigan friends reunite at a South Carolina vacation home for the funeral of one of their own, who has taken his own life. Over the course of a weekend, the now-thirtysomething friends reconnect, reminisce about their idealistic 1960s college days, and confront how their lives and values have changed.

The Big Chill (1983) is a film IMDb files under the comedy and drama genres. Inside comedy it is classed as Dramedy.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 181 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 186 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is The Big Chill (1983) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 181
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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