Is Wag the Dog actually good?

Wag the Dog sits in the 62.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 62.7% of them.

How does Wag the Dog compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Wag the Dog lands in the 61.7% 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 Wag the Dog's score based on?

184 calibrated reviewers stand behind Wag the Dog's score.

1997

global pct

62.7

Film · 1997 · Films · 1990s

Wag the Dog

Name: Wag the Dog
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1997

Scored from 184 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

62.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

61.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

82.1%

AI-adjusted percentile

184 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Days before a presidential election, a sex scandal threatens the incumbent's reelection. A shadowy spin doctor teams up with a Hollywood producer to fabricate a fake war with Albania, staging patriotic footage and a phony war hero to distract the media and voters long enough for the president to win.

Released in 1997, Wag the Dog is a comedy and drama film. Inside comedy it is classed as Satire.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1,427 of whom clear the calibration test. 4,081 other films from the 1990s form the cohort it is ranked inside. The calibrated figure is built from 184 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 187 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.