What is Old Joy's IQ Score?

Old Joy has an IQ Score of 153/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 39/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 37/50 Educational Value, and 39/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Old Joy educational?

Old Joy is strong on educational value, 37/50 on TVI's rubric, which covers academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Old Joy , IQ Score 153/200

Old Joy has an IQ Score of 153/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

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153/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

TVI Canon

Kelly Reichardt →

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The TVI Take

Kelly Reichardt's 2006 Oregon-Cascade-Mountains film about two old friends reuniting for a weekend trip to a hot springs. The structural commitment to letting male-friendship-after-thirty be the actual subject, and the slow-pace cinematography (sub-80-minute runtime), established the catalog's distinctive register.

Will Oldham's Bonnie 'Prince' Billy persona anchored the cast as Kurt, the friend whose life has not progressed at the same pace as the protagonist's.

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