Is The Pillow Book actually good?

The Pillow Book sits in the 43.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 43.1% of them.

How does The Pillow Book compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, The Pillow Book lands in the 40.4% 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 Pillow Book's score based on?

65 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Pillow Book's score.

1996

global pct

43.1

Film · 1996 · Films · 1990s

The Pillow Book

Name: The Pillow Book
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996

Scored from 65 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

43.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

40.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

35.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

65 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1996, The Pillow Book is a drama film.

Only 65 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 66 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 531 of whom clear the calibration test. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is The Pillow Book (1996) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 65
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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