Film · 1998 · Films · 1990s
The Other Conquest
Two parallel scores from 357 z-qualifying reviewers and 407 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 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. The 25-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — the casual crowd liked it more than discriminating reviewers (a classic inflation pattern).
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 4,082 peers in Films · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.240 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.74 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.81 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.153 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 357 / 407 |
Summary
Set in the aftermath of the 1521 Spanish conquest of Mexico, the film follows Topiltzin, an Aztec scribe and illegitimate son of Moctezuma, as he struggles to reconcile his indigenous faith with the Christianity imposed by his conquerors. Taken in by a Spanish friar who tries to convert him, Topiltzin wrestles with the destruction of his world and finds a haunting parallel between the Virgin Mary and his own mother goddess.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
357 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.240. DB2 raw mean = 8.81.
90% CI-floor = +0.153. Thin samples penalized.
Global 70.2 / cohort 69.9. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1990s
