
Film · 1997 · Films · 1990s
The Rainmaker
Two parallel scores from 168 z-qualifying reviewers and 171 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.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 4,082 peers in Films · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.243 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.27 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.26 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.117 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 168 / 171 |
Summary
A young, newly minted lawyer takes on his first case: a bad-faith insurance claim brought by a working-class couple whose dying son was denied coverage for a bone marrow transplant. Going up against a powerful corporate legal team, he navigates an uphill courtroom battle while also helping a battered young woman trapped in an abusive marriage.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
168 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.243. DB2 raw mean = 7.26.
90% CI-floor = +0.117. Thin samples penalized.
Global 70.5 / cohort 70.1. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1990s







