What is Fjord's IQ Score?

Fjord has an IQ Score of 179/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 44/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 46/50 Educational Value, and 44/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Fjord educational?

Fjord is strong on Educational Value, 46/50 on TVI's rubric, which rates the density and integration of substantive information within the work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Fjord IQ Score 179/200

Name: Fjord
Genre: drama
Rating: 179

Fjord has an IQ Score of 179/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-10-19·Methodology

drama

179/ 200

Masterclass

Exceptional cognitive and educational substance, delivered with craft that sustains close attention

Score Breakdown

Verified score. Scored by Jordan Robinson on 2026-09-30 against TVI Rubric v1.3. Viewing basis: Complete film, first viewing, Neon press screening, Chicago. Component judgments on file (receipt 632553b0). The session's AI-assistance record is available on request. How verification works →

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.3.1

Formula

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

Database scale

2,610 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Cristian Mungiu's Palme d'Or winner follows a devout family new to a Norwegian village after their daughter arrives at school bruised. It earns 179 by revising the viewer's verdict scene after scene, arguing the parents' case and the state's with equal force, and leaving the children's fate open by design; a slack middle stretch is its one real cost.

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