Is The Whales of August actually good?

The Whales of August sits in the 89.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 89.1% of them.

How does The Whales of August compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, The Whales of August lands in the 88.7% 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 Whales of August's score based on?

47 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Whales of August's score.

1987

global pct

89.1

Film · 1987 · Films · 1980s

The Whales of August

Name: The Whales of August
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987

Scored from 47 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

89.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

88.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

93.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

47 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1987, The Whales of August is a drama film.

Only 47 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 49 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.

Is The Whales of August (1987) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 47
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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