Is The Eel actually good?

The Eel sits in the 38.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 38.8% of them.

How does The Eel compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, The Eel lands in the 36.1% 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 Eel's score based on?

26 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Eel's score.

1997

global pct

38.8

Film · 1997 · Films · 1990s

The Eel

Name: The Eel
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1997

Scored from 26 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

38.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

36.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

36.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

26 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The Eel is a 1997 comedy and drama film.

Only 26 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 27 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1990s films — 4,082 of them.