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Mother

1996 · directed by Albert Brooks · 104 min
23,799 feet · Prominence
972nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw47

Lifetime worldwide gross $19m, re-releases included; about $40m in 2026 money.

Rank4,692 of 11,051In 199696 of 191

How Draw works

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

Praise83

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics83 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Actress
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

Judged directly: Bong thriller, Criterion, critically canonized.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb6.9 from 7kWikipedia2k views a monthAge30 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 947 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 47 praise 83 legacy 52averages 61, placing it at23,799 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

▲ Debbie Reynolds▲ Rob Morrow

In these careers — elevation for this film

Albert Brooks19,952 ftDebbie Reynolds19,468 ftRob Morrow18,044 ftLisa Kudrow17,908 ft