Is The Long, Hot Summer actually good?

The Long, Hot Summer sits in the 67.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 67.5% of them.

How does The Long, Hot Summer compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1950s, The Long, Hot Summer lands in the 55.9% 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 Long, Hot Summer's score based on?

71 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Long, Hot Summer's score.

1958

global pct

67.5

Film · 1958 · Films · 1950s

The Long, Hot Summer

Name: The Long, Hot Summer
Genre: Drama
Released: 1958

Scored from 71 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

67.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

55.9%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1950s · 561 titles

82.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

71 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The Long, Hot Summer (1958) is a film IMDb files under the drama genre.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 560 1950s films, not against the whole corpus. Only 71 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 71 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.

Is The Long, Hot Summer (1958) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 71
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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