Is The Polar Express actually good?

The Polar Express sits in the 54.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 54.1% of them.

How does The Polar Express compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, The Polar Express lands in the 59.7% 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 Polar Express's score based on?

514 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Polar Express's score.

2004

global pct

54.1

Film · 2004 · Films · 2000s

The Polar Express

Name: The Polar Express
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Released: 2004

Scored from 514 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

54.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

59.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

65.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

514 calibrated reviewers

Summary

On Christmas Eve, a doubting young boy is invited aboard a magical train bound for the North Pole. Along the way, he and a group of children face tests of courage, friendship, and trust as they journey to meet Santa Claus and rediscover the spirit of Christmas.

The Polar Express is a 2004 adventure, animation and family film.

514 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 541 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them.

Is The Polar Express (2004) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 514
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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