Is The Sure Thing actually good?

The Sure Thing sits in the 83.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 83.8% of them.

How does The Sure Thing compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, The Sure Thing lands in the 82.1% 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 Sure Thing's score based on?

56 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Sure Thing's score.

1985

global pct

83.8

Film · 1985 · Films · 1980s

The Sure Thing

Name: The Sure Thing
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1985

Scored from 56 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

83.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

82.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

92.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

56 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The Sure Thing is a 1985 comedy, drama and romance film.

3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Only 56 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 57 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.

Is The Sure Thing (1985) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 56
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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