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Topsy-Turvy

1999 · directed by Mike Leigh · 160 min
22,700 feet · Prominence
1,418th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw40

$8m worldwide in 1999 — $15m in today's money.

As released$8mIn 2026 money$15mRank5,465 of 8,589In 1999124 of 170

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Critics 90, awards 35. Half each, so Praise lands at 92.

Critics90 → 45Awards35 → 17

Oscars2 won Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling2 nominated Original Screenplay, Production Design
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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Criterion Leigh, small devoted audience.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb7.3 from 14kWikipedia6k views a monthAge27 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,520 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 40 praise 92 legacy 35averages 56, which places it at22,700 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville.