Beginnings of a new Project: Movie Data Analysis

Recently I have been working on a fun personal project.  I am gathering an incredible amount of data on Movies, especially relating to how they are reviewed by Critics, how they are reviewed by Users, and how well they end up doing, among other things.

I just finished gathering a huge amount of data around ~4500 mainstream movies, and already am having some fun with it.

For Example: Guess which actor has appeared in at least 5 movies that average a whopping 87.4 out of 100 in all reviews by all newspapers and publications?

This Guy:

John Ratzenberger

From Wikipedia:

He is perhaps best known for his role as Clifford C. ‘Cliff’ Clavin, Jr. in the classic sitcom Cheers (1982) and appearing in all Pixar feature length films.

And even more interestingly:

All of Pixar‘s feature films include Ratzenberger, who has become something of a “good luck charm” to the studio (and, according to Andrew Stanton, Pixar actually has a rule stating that Ratzenberger must be in all Pixar films).

Pixar got that right, this guy’s movies average a whopping 32.4 points above the global average.

Guess who the next highest reviewed Actor is? Here is a hint: He was a long time friend of Al Pacino, and only starred in 5 Feature Films.