What is I, Daniel Blake's IQ Score?

I, Daniel Blake has an IQ Score of 166/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 38/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 48/50 Educational Value, and 38/50 Craft & Quality.

Is I, Daniel Blake educational?

I, Daniel Blake is strong on educational value, 48/50 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 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/.

I, Daniel Blake , IQ Score 166/200

Name: I, Daniel Blake
Genre: drama
Rating: 166

I, Daniel Blake has an IQ Score of 166/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-07-23·Methodology

drama

166/ 200

Masterclass

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

Cinematic Score/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

What these dimensions mean

Cognitive Stimulation: how much the title demands of your mind, its structural complexity, ideas, and sustained intellectual engagement.
Educational Value: what you take away, across academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.
Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.
Cinematic Score: composition quality, emotional impact, and how the music integrates with the work. Does not affect the IQ Score.

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The Verdict

Best forViewers ready to sit with Ken Loach's anger at what benefits paperwork does to a proud man

Skip ifYou need escape or catharsis tonight; this plays like documentary and does not relent

Use it asCivic-argument fuel about systems that dehumanize the people they exist to serve

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

Formula

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

Database scale

2,587 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

2016 Palme d'Or winner. Ken Loach's devastating portrait of a carpenter navigating the British welfare bureaucracy after a heart attack.

Moderate cognitive demands with a straightforward narrative. Exceptional educational value, the film is essentially a documentary on how welfare systems dehumanize the people they're meant to serve. Dave Johns is heartbreaking.

The Trailer