Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Two parallel scores from 158 z-qualifying reviewers and 160 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 | +0.184 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 6.79 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 6.83 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.053 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 158 / 160 |
Summary
In a lavish French restaurant, a brutish gangster terrorizes the staff and patrons while his refined wife begins a clandestine affair with a quiet bookish diner, aided by the sympathetic head chef. As the husband's violence escalates, the lovers' stolen moments among the kitchens and pantries push toward a shocking reckoning.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
158 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.184. DB2 raw mean = 6.83.
90% CI-floor = +0.053. Thin samples penalized.
Global 65.6 / cohort 62.7. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1980s
