Film · 2009 · Films · 2000s
The Road
Two parallel scores from 535 z-qualifying reviewers and 544 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 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. The 17-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — discriminating reviewers liked it more than the casual crowd.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 7,847 peers in Films · 2000s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.092 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 6.39 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 6.37 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.021 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 535 / 544 |
Summary
In a post-apocalyptic America scorched by an unnamed catastrophe, a dying father and his young son journey south on foot toward the coast, pushing a shopping cart of meager supplies. They navigate ash-covered ruins, starvation, and roving bands of cannibals while the father struggles to keep his son alive and morally intact. Based on Cormac McCarthy's novel, the film is a stark meditation on love, survival, and carrying the fire of humanity.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
535 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.092. DB2 raw mean = 6.37.
90% CI-floor = +0.021. Thin samples penalized.
Global 57.8 / cohort 63.4. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 2000s
