Film · 1968 · Films · 1960s
The Swimmer
Two parallel scores from 165 z-qualifying reviewers and 166 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 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.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 1,929 peers in Films · 1960s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.621 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.92 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.93 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.493 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 165 / 166 |
Summary
On a sunny afternoon in suburban Connecticut, Ned Merrill decides to swim home across a chain of his neighbors' backyard pools, which he dubs a 'river.' As he travels from pool to pool, each encounter peels back layers of his charmed self-image, revealing harder truths about his life, finances, and relationships.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
165 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.621. DB2 raw mean = 7.93.
90% CI-floor = +0.493. Thin samples penalized.
Global 93.3 / cohort 91.4. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1960s
