Is The Pursuit of Happyness actually good?

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

How does The Pursuit of Happyness compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, The Pursuit of Happyness lands in the 81.3% 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 Pursuit of Happyness's score based on?

671 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Pursuit of Happyness's score.

2006

global pct

75.8

Film · 2006 · Films · 2000s

The Pursuit of Happyness

Name: The Pursuit of Happyness
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: 2006

Scored from 671 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

75.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

81.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

95.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

671 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Struggling San Francisco salesman Chris Gardner stakes everything on an unpaid stockbroker internship at Dean Witter, competing against 19 other candidates for a single paid position. As his marriage collapses and he and his young son slide into homelessness, Chris fights to keep the boy safe and hold onto hope while chasing a long-shot chance at a better life.

The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 biography and drama film.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 7,846 2000s films, not against the whole corpus. The calibrated figure is built from 671 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 705 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 671
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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