Is The Reader actually good?

The Reader sits in the 58.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 58.4% of them.

How does The Reader compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, The Reader lands in the 55.4% 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 Reader's score based on?

11 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Reader's score.

1988

global pct

58.4

Film · 1988 · Films · 1980s

The Reader

Name: The Reader
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1988

Scored from 11 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

58.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

55.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

56.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

11 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The Reader is a 1988 comedy and drama film.

3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Only 11 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 11 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.