Is Water for Elephants actually good?

Water for Elephants sits in the 62.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 62.1% of them.

How does Water for Elephants compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2010s, Water for Elephants lands in the 68.8% 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 Water for Elephants's score based on?

203 calibrated reviewers stand behind Water for Elephants's score.

2011

global pct

62.1

Film · 2011 · Films · 2010s

Water for Elephants

Name: Water for Elephants
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2011

Scored from 203 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2010s (13,059 peers).

62.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

68.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles

81.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

203 calibrated reviewers

Summary

During the Great Depression, a veterinary student abandons his studies after a family tragedy and joins a traveling circus, where he is hired to care for the animals. He soon falls for the star performer, who is married to the circus's charismatic but volatile owner, and their forbidden romance unfolds alongside the bond he forms with a troubled elephant named Rosie.

Water for Elephants (2011) is a film IMDb files under the drama and romance genres.

The calibrated figure is built from 203 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 213 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 13,058 2010s films, not against the whole corpus. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 3,515 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is Water for Elephants (2011) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2010s · 13,059 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 203
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2010s

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