Is The Secret Life of Bees actually good?

The Secret Life of Bees sits in the 66.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 66.4% of them.

How does The Secret Life of Bees compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, The Secret Life of Bees lands in the 71.8% 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 Secret Life of Bees's score based on?

65 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Secret Life of Bees's score.

2008

global pct

66.4

Film · 2008 · Films · 2000s

The Secret Life of Bees

Name: The Secret Life of Bees
Genre: Drama
Released: 2008

Scored from 65 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

66.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

71.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

80.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

65 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 2008, The Secret Life of Bees is a drama film.

Only 65 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 69 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them.

Is The Secret Life of Bees (2008) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 65
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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