Is The Fountain actually good?

The Fountain sits in the 54.0% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 54.0% of them.

How does The Fountain compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, The Fountain lands in the 59.5% 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 Fountain's score based on?

688 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Fountain's score.

2006

global pct

54.0

Film · 2006 · Films · 2000s

The Fountain

Name: The Fountain
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Released: 2006

Scored from 688 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

54.0%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

59.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

65.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

688 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Darren Aronofsky's metaphysical drama interweaves three storylines across a thousand years: a conquistador seeking the Tree of Life for his queen, a present-day scientist desperately searching for a cure to save his dying wife, and a future traveler journeying through space with a dying tree. The film meditates on love, mortality, and the human struggle to accept death.

Released in 2006, The Fountain is a drama, mystery and romance film.

The calibrated figure is built from 688 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 728 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 18,765 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is The Fountain (2006) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 688
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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