Film · 2007 · Films · 2000s
The Kite Runner
Two parallel scores from 200 z-qualifying reviewers and 210 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 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 · 7,847 peers in Films · 2000s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.239 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.42 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.35 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.123 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 200 / 210 |
Summary
In 1970s Kabul, Amir, the son of a wealthy man, forms a deep friendship with Hassan, the son of his father's servant. After a traumatic incident of betrayal during a kite-fighting tournament, Amir's life is upended by guilt and by the Soviet invasion that forces him and his father to flee to America. Years later, a call from an old family friend draws the adult Amir back toward Taliban-ruled Afghanistan for a chance at redemption.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
200 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.239. DB2 raw mean = 7.35.
90% CI-floor = +0.123. Thin samples penalized.
Global 70.2 / cohort 75.7. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 2000s
