Is The Sound and the Fury actually good?

The Sound and the Fury sits in the 7.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 7.9% of them.

How does The Sound and the Fury compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1950s, The Sound and the Fury lands in the 6.4% 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 Sound and the Fury's score based on?

17 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Sound and the Fury's score.

1959

global pct

7.9

Film · 1959 · Films · 1950s

The Sound and the Fury

Name: The Sound and the Fury
Genre: Drama
Released: 1959

Scored from 17 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

7.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

6.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1950s · 561 titles

15.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

17 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1959, The Sound and the Fury is a drama film.

Only 17 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 21 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. 560 other films from the 1950s form the cohort it is ranked inside.

Is The Sound and the Fury (1959) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 17
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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