Film · 1971 · Films · 1970s
The French Connection
Two parallel scores from 378 z-qualifying reviewers and 387 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 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 · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.428 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.48 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.53 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.343 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 378 / 387 |
Summary
Two hard-nosed New York City narcotics detectives, Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle and Buddy Russo, stumble onto what looks like a routine lead and uncover a massive heroin smuggling operation being run out of France. As they tail their suspects through the gritty streets of Brooklyn, Doyle becomes obsessed with bringing down the elegant French mastermind behind the shipment.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
378 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.428. DB2 raw mean = 7.53.
90% CI-floor = +0.343. Thin samples penalized.
Global 83.7 / cohort 79.6. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1970s
