Is The Rainmaker actually good?

The Rainmaker sits in the 70.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 70.5% of them.

How does The Rainmaker compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, The Rainmaker lands in the 70.1% 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 Rainmaker's score based on?

168 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Rainmaker's score.

1997

global pct

70.5

Film · 1997 · Films · 1990s

The Rainmaker

Name: The Rainmaker
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1997

Scored from 168 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

70.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

70.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

90.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

168 calibrated reviewers

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.

The Rainmaker is a 1997 crime, drama and thriller film.

4,081 other films from the 1990s form the cohort it is ranked inside. The calibrated figure is built from 168 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 171 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is The Rainmaker (1997) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 168
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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