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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes IQ Score 97/200

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes has an IQ Score of 97/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Passive tier.

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97/ 200
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Light cognitive engagement, background-safe viewing

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes poster, IQ Score 97/200, Passive tier on TV Intelligentsia

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Cognitive Stimulation/50
29
Educational Value/50
16
Craft & Quality/50
28
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)  · How we score →
What these dimensions mean
  • Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
  • Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
  • Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.

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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.
Formula
round((C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4)
Database scale
2,606 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

J. Lee Thompson turns the fourth Apes film into a blunt slavery-and-uprising allegory, its 1991 ape-servitude city staged with clear echoes of the Watts riots.

Roddy McDowall's Caesar carries real conviction, and his final revolt speech lands, but the thin budget, sparse sets, and on-the-nose script keep the execution rough. Thematically bolder than its craft can support.

People & Production J. Lee Thompson · 20th Century Studios · United States 26 connections

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Selected cast
Roddy McDowall Don Murray Ricardo Montalbán Natalie Trundy John Randolph Paul ComiSelected in source order; not represented as billing order.
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes scored 97/200 (Passive tier) on TV Intelligentsia's published methodology. Source: tvintelligentsia.com/titles/conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/

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