Is The Candidate actually good?

The Candidate sits in the 77.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 77.0% of them.

How does The Candidate compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, The Candidate lands in the 70.9% 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 The Candidate's score based on?

75 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Candidate's score.

1972

global pct

77.0

Film · 1972 · Films · 1970s

The Candidate

Name: The Candidate
Genre: Drama
Released: 1972

Scored from 75 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

77.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

70.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

90.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

75 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The Candidate (1972) is a film IMDb files under the drama genre.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1970s films — 2,406 of them. Only 75 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 75 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.

Is The Candidate (1972) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 75
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1970s

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