Film · 1982 · Films · 1980s
The King of Comedy
Two parallel scores from 316 z-qualifying reviewers and 325 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 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 · 3,141 peers in Films · 1980s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.527 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.09 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.13 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.435 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 316 / 325 |
Summary
Rupert Pupkin, a delusional aspiring stand-up comedian, becomes obsessed with late-night talk show host Jerry Langford and is convinced that one shot on Jerry's show will launch his career. When polite brush-offs fail to deter him, Rupert teams up with a fellow obsessive fan and resorts to increasingly desperate measures to force his way into the spotlight.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
316 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.527. DB2 raw mean = 8.13.
90% CI-floor = +0.435. Thin samples penalized.
Global 89.3 / cohort 89. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1980s
