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Nobody's Fool

1994 · directed by Robert Benton · 110 min
22,814 feet · Prominence
1,338th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw53

$39m worldwide in 1994 — $88m in today's money.

As released$39mIn 2026 money$88mRank2,913 of 8,589In 199445 of 155

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Critics 89, awards 30. Half each, so Praise lands at 90.

Critics89 → 44Awards30 → 15

Oscars2 nominated Actor, Adapted Screenplay
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy28

Judged directly: Late Newman gem, culturally quiet.

Verdict28 of 100IMDb7.3 from 24kWikipedia9k views a monthAge32 years

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 53 praise 90 legacy 28averages 57, which places it at22,814 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.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Paul Newman22,470 ftBruce Willis21,950 ftPhilip Seymour Hoffman21,568 ft