Film · 1998 · Films · 1990s
The Waterboy
Two parallel scores from 245 z-qualifying reviewers and 249 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 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 · 4,082 peers in Films · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | -0.282 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 6.01 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 6.07 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.387 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 245 / 249 |
Summary
Bobby Boucher, a sheltered, socially awkward waterboy with a domineering mother, discovers he can channel a lifetime of pent-up rage into ferocious tackling. A struggling college football coach recruits him as a secret-weapon linebacker, and Bobby must balance newfound gridiron stardom with his mother's disapproval, a budding romance, and a rivalry against the team that once mocked him.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
245 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = -0.282. DB2 raw mean = 6.07.
90% CI-floor = -0.387. Thin samples penalized.
Global 27.6 / cohort 25.4. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1990s
