Is The Hudsucker Proxy actually good?

The Hudsucker Proxy sits in the 71.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 71.5% of them.

How does The Hudsucker Proxy compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, The Hudsucker Proxy lands in the 71.4% 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 Hudsucker Proxy's score based on?

175 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Hudsucker Proxy's score.

1994

global pct

71.5

Film · 1994 · Films · 1990s

The Hudsucker Proxy

Name: The Hudsucker Proxy
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1994

Scored from 175 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

71.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

71.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

90.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

175 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After the president of Hudsucker Industries dies, the scheming board installs a naive mailroom clerk as the new CEO, expecting him to tank the stock so they can buy it cheap. Instead, his oddball invention - the hula hoop - becomes a runaway hit, forcing the board to scramble while a fast-talking reporter goes undercover to expose him.

Released in 1994, The Hudsucker Proxy is a comedy, drama and fantasy film. Inside comedy it is classed as Goofy.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1990s films — 4,082 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 175 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 182 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 175
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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