Is The Story of Esther Costello actually good?

The Story of Esther Costello sits in the 60.2% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 60.2% of them.

How does The Story of Esther Costello compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1950s, The Story of Esther Costello lands in the 49.3% 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 Story of Esther Costello's score based on?

24 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Story of Esther Costello's score.

1957

global pct

60.2

Film · 1957 · Films · 1950s

The Story of Esther Costello

Name: The Story of Esther Costello
Genre: Drama
Released: 1957

Scored from 24 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

60.2%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

49.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1950s · 561 titles

63.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

24 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1957, The Story of Esther Costello is a drama film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1950s films — 561 of them. Only 24 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 25 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.

Is The Story of Esther Costello (1957) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 24
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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