Is The Impossible actually good?

The Impossible sits in the 76.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 76.9% of them.

How does The Impossible compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2010s, The Impossible lands in the 82.2% 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 Impossible's score based on?

450 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Impossible's score.

2012

global pct

76.9

Film · 2012 · Films · 2010s

The Impossible

Name: The Impossible
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Released: 2012

Scored from 450 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2010s (13,059 peers).

76.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

82.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles

95.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

450 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A British family vacationing in Thailand is caught in the catastrophic 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Separated by the wave, the mother and eldest son struggle to survive serious injuries while the father searches the devastated coast for the rest of the family, hoping against the odds to reunite. Based on the true story of the Belon family.

Released in 2012, The Impossible is a drama, history and thriller film.

The calibrated figure is built from 450 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 466 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 13,058 other films from the 2010s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 3,312 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is The Impossible (2012) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 450
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2010s

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