Is Under the Tuscan Sun actually good?

Under the Tuscan Sun sits in the 43.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 43.7% of them.

How does Under the Tuscan Sun compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, Under the Tuscan Sun lands in the 48.3% 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 Under the Tuscan Sun's score based on?

179 calibrated reviewers stand behind Under the Tuscan Sun's score.

2003

global pct

43.7

Film · 2003 · Films · 2000s

Under the Tuscan Sun

Name: Under the Tuscan Sun
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2003

Scored from 179 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

43.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

48.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

32.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

179 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After a painful divorce, San Francisco writer Frances Mayes takes a tour of Tuscany and impulsively buys a rundown villa in the countryside. As she restores the crumbling house with the help of local workers and new friends, she gradually rebuilds her own life, finding unexpected romance, community, and renewed purpose in Italy.

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) is a film IMDb files under the comedy, drama and romance genres. Its comedy subtype is Dramedy.

A second review pool sits behind it as well: 2,634 Rotten Tomatoes reviewers clear the same calibration test, and Rankquant scores them separately. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them. 179 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 212 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track.

Is Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 179
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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