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Tender Mercies

1983 · directed by Bruce Beresford · 92 min
22,225 feet · Prominence
1,608th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw44

$8m worldwide in 1983 — $28m in today's money.

As released$8mIn 2026 money$28mRank4,710 of 8,589In 198354 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

Critics 80, awards 86. Half each, so Praise lands at 88.

Critics80 → 40Awards86 → 43

Oscars2 won Actor, Original Screenplay2 nominated Picture, Director
Golden Globes1 won Actor3 nominated Motion Picture, Director, Supporting Actress
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.

Legacy28

Judged directly: Duvall's Oscar, film forgotten.

Verdict28 of 100IMDb7.3 from 12kWikipedia23k views a monthAge43 years

Scored beside it · 2,045 of 3,430 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 44 praise 88 legacy 28averages 53, which places it at22,225 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

Robert Duvall22,012 ft