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The Invention of Lying

2009 · directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson · 100 min
22,506 feet · Prominence
1,983rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw49

Lifetime worldwide gross $32m, re-releases included; about $50m in 2026 money.

Rank4,267 of 11,051In 2009117 of 312

How Draw works

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

Praise57

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics57 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.

Legacy52

Not judged yet, so Legacy falls back to footprint: how many still rate it, how highly, and for how long.

IMDb6.4 from 155kWikipedia16k views a monthAge17 years

How Legacy works

Canon list membership, reach (Wikipedia traffic above IMDb votes) and time served. Every signal behind it keeps updating, which is what separates Legacy from Praise.

draw 49 praise 57 legacy 52averages 53, placing it at22,506 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

▲ Ricky Gervais

In these careers — elevation for this film

Ricky Gervais19,880 ftJennifer Garner18,846 ftRob Lowe18,341 ftLouis C.K.18,152 ftJonah Hill18,027 ftFionnula Flanagan17,981 ftTina Fey17,944 ftJeffrey Tambor17,917 ftEdward Norton17,653 ftPhilip Seymour Hoffman17,653 ftJason Bateman17,651 ftChristopher Guest17,640 ftBobby Moynihan17,631 ft