Is The Thing actually good?

The Thing sits in the 40.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 40.1% of them.

How does The Thing compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2010s, The Thing lands in the 46.6% 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 Thing's score based on?

588 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Thing's score.

2011

global pct

40.1

Film · 2011 · Films · 2010s

The Thing

Name: The Thing
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Released: 2011

Scored from 588 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2010s (13,059 peers).

40.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

46.6%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles

23.4%

AI-adjusted percentile

588 calibrated reviewers

Summary

At a remote Antarctic research station, a Norwegian team unearths an alien creature frozen in the ice. American paleontologist Kate Lloyd is brought in to help, but the thing thaws out and begins imitating its victims, turning the isolated outpost into a paranoid hunt to identify who is still human. A prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film.

The Thing is a 2011 horror, mystery and science-fiction film.

The calibrated figure is built from 588 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 598 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 13,058 other films from the 2010s form the cohort it is ranked inside. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 3,317 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is The Thing (2011) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 588
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2010s

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