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1967 · directed by Jacques Tati · 115 min
24,146 feet · Prominence
808th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw0

No worldwide gross on file, so Draw is zero. A gap in the data, not a verdict.

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise99

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics99 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy66

Judged directly: Criterion and Sight & Sound formal landmark.

Verdict66 of 100IMDb7.8 from 29kWikipedia12k views a monthAge59 years

On the listsCriterion CollectionSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 404 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 0 praise 99 legacy 66averages 55, placing it at24,146 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Barbara Dennek▲ Rita Maiden

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jacques Tati18,565 ftBarbara Dennek17,727 ftRita Maiden17,659 ftFrance Rumilly17,648 ft