Is Varsity Blues actually good?

Varsity Blues sits in the 30.9% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 30.9% of them.

How does Varsity Blues compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Varsity Blues lands in the 28.4% 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 Varsity Blues's score based on?

159 calibrated reviewers stand behind Varsity Blues's score.

1999

global pct

30.9

Film · 1999 · Films · 1990s

Varsity Blues

Name: Varsity Blues
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1999

Scored from 159 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

30.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

28.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

14.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

159 calibrated reviewers

Summary

In a small Texas town obsessed with high school football, backup quarterback Jonathan Moxon is thrust into the starting role after the star QB is injured. As he leads the West Canaan Coyotes, Mox must contend with his tyrannical coach, the crushing expectations of the town, and the toll the game takes on his teammates.

Released in 1999, Varsity Blues is a comedy, drama and romance film. Inside comedy it is classed as Satire.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1990s films — 4,082 of them. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 2,823 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 159 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 168 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is Varsity Blues (1999) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 159
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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