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My Dinner with Andre

1981 · directed by Louis Malle · 112 min · PG
24,105 feet · Prominence
826th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw42

Lifetime worldwide gross $5m, re-releases included; about $19m in 2026 money.

Rank6,063 of 11,051In 198169 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Premise endlessly parodied by Simpsons, Community.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.7 from 28kWikipedia33k views a monthAge45 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 812 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 42 praise 88 legacy 55averages 62, placing it at24,105 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

▲ Andre Gregory▲ Jean Lenauer▲ Roy Butler

In these careers — elevation for this film

Andre Gregory19,201 ftWallace Shawn18,993 ftJean Lenauer17,731 ftRoy Butler17,683 ft