Is The Last Boy Scout actually good?

The Last Boy Scout sits in the 75.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 75.8% of them.

How does The Last Boy Scout compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, The Last Boy Scout lands in the 75.6% 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 Last Boy Scout's score based on?

197 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Last Boy Scout's score.

1991

global pct

75.8

Film · 1991 · Films · 1990s

The Last Boy Scout

Name: The Last Boy Scout
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1991

Scored from 197 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

75.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

75.6%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

93.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

197 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A burned-out, cynical Los Angeles private detective and a disgraced former pro quarterback are reluctantly thrown together after the quarterback's girlfriend, a stripper the detective was hired to protect, is murdered. Their investigation uncovers a violent conspiracy involving a ruthless pro football team owner, a corrupt senator, and a scheme to legalize sports gambling.

Released in 1991, The Last Boy Scout is an action, comedy and crime film.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus. The calibrated figure is built from 197 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 199 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is The Last Boy Scout (1991) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 197
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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