Is The Big Lebowski actually good?

The Big Lebowski sits in the 80.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 80.0% of them.

How does The Big Lebowski compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, The Big Lebowski lands in the 80.3% 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 Lebowski's score based on?

1,031 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Big Lebowski's score.

1998

global pct

80.0

Film · 1998 · Films · 1990s

The Big Lebowski

Name: The Big Lebowski
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1998

Scored from 1,031 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

80.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

80.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

97.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

1,031 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a laid-back Los Angeles slacker, is mistaken for a millionaire of the same name by thugs who urinate on his rug. Seeking restitution, he gets tangled in a bungled kidnapping plot involving the rich Lebowski's young wife, while trying to keep up with his weekly bowling league alongside his volatile friend Walter and meek pal Donny.

The Big Lebowski (1998) is a film IMDb files under the comedy and crime genres. Inside comedy it is classed as Dark Comedy.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus. The calibrated figure is built from 1,031 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 1,100 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 20,935 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is The Big Lebowski (1998) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 1,031
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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