Audience evidenceThe verdict — who this is for, by the receipts

Made first for older men 1

Vertigo's audience scores lean most toward older men at 87 of 100 1. Its overall reach is rated targeted — targeted reach aimed at a specific demographic segment 2. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Black and Hispanic 3. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 3 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 4.

The receipts — every claim above is sourced
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    Audience scoreolder men 87 of 100 is the top quadrant.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    ReachAudience breadth rated targeted.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
  3. 3
    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 92, Black 26, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
  4. 4
    Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 3 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceOlder MenOlder Men87
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
37
Young Women
13
Older Men
87
Older Women
63
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Audience Representation

White
92
Black
26
Hispanic
28
Asian
38
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
42
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy3
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Synopsis

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

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198713
198802
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199425
199554
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199715
199815
199967
200093
200137
2002111
200325
200439
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2006311
2007213
200835
200944
2011123
201382
2014166
2015202
2017125
2018126
201975
202048
20211411
2022189
2023622
2024296
202519
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Cast & Crew

Robert Burks (director) · Daniel McCauley (director)