Is Zoolander actually good?

Zoolander sits in the 40.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 40.8% of them.

How does Zoolander compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, Zoolander lands in the 45.1% 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 Zoolander's score based on?

405 calibrated reviewers stand behind Zoolander's score.

2001

global pct

40.8

Film · 2001 · Films · 2000s

Zoolander

Name: Zoolander
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2001

Scored from 405 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

40.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

45.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

25.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

405 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Derek Zoolander, a dimwitted but world-famous male model, is unseated as the industry's top star by a free-spirited newcomer named Hansel. Reeling from the loss and a personal tragedy, Derek is recruited by sinister fashion mogul Mugatu, unaware he is being brainwashed as part of a plot to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia. A journalist helps Derek and Hansel uncover the conspiracy before it is too late.

Zoolander is a 2001 comedy film. Its comedy subtype is Goofy.

405 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 413 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 7,846 2000s films, not against the whole corpus. A second review pool sits behind it as well: 32,661 Rotten Tomatoes reviewers clear the same calibration test, and Rankquant scores them separately.

Is Zoolander (2001) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 405
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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