Is The Human Stain actually good?

The Human Stain sits in the 33.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 33.9% of them.

How does The Human Stain compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, The Human Stain lands in the 37.5% 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 Human Stain's score based on?

149 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Human Stain's score.

2003

global pct

33.9

Film · 2003 · Films · 2000s

The Human Stain

Name: The Human Stain
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Released: 2003

Scored from 149 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

33.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

37.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

17.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

149 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A distinguished classics professor is forced to resign after an offhand remark is misconstrued as racist, unraveling a life built on a long-hidden secret about his identity. As his world collapses, he begins an unlikely affair with a much younger janitor carrying her own trauma, while a reclusive novelist tries to make sense of his story.

The Human Stain is a 2003 drama, romance and thriller film.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 7,846 2000s films, not against the whole corpus. The calibrated figure is built from 149 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 154 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is The Human Stain (2003) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 149
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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