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Once Upon a Forest

1993 · 71 min · Director: Charles Grosvenor ★ IMDb 6.5 · 6,578 ratings

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This animated wildlife film provides an environmental friendly message that humans are a malicious, careless breed. Three cherubic little animals have to rescue their friend who has been overcome by poisonous gas.

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Once Upon a Forest (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Awe. Genres: Drama, Adventure, Animation. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Awe. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 62/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Relief
  • Tension
  • Joy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Joy

Relief
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityReliefTensionJoy
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor50 %0 %10 %33 %
7.5 %≈ 5′Humor54 %3 %18 %34 %
12.5 %≈ 9′Humor55 %14 %30 %31 %
17.5 %≈ 12′Tension64 %21 %53 %27 %
22.5 %≈ 16′Tension81 %14 %71 %15 %
27.5 %≈ 20′Sadness87 %7 %70 %5 %
32.5 %≈ 23′Sadness76 %4 %60 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 27′Tension68 %9 %61 %10 %
42.5 %≈ 30′Tension69 %23 %65 %8 %
47.5 %≈ 34′Relief66 %41 %51 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 37′Relief71 %50 %49 %46 %
57.5 %≈ 41′Tension78 %44 %66 %48 %
62.5 %≈ 44′Tension73 %34 %69 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 48′Tension70 %20 %65 %28 %
72.5 %≈ 51′Tension79 %26 %75 %42 %
77.5 %≈ 55′Tension85 %49 %81 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 59′Tension86 %66 %70 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 62′Relief89 %80 %41 %67 %
92.5 %≈ 66′Relief77 %64 %13 %69 %
97.5 %≈ 69′Joy60 %32 %2 %48 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MC
Michael Crawford

EB
Ellen Blain

EB
Ellen Blain

Abigail (voice)

BG
Benji Gregory

Edgar (voice)

PG
Paige Gosney

Russell (voice)

Elisabeth Moss

Michelle (voice)

Paul Eiding

Abigail's Father (voice)

JW
Janet Waldo

Edgar's Mom (voice)

SS
Susan Silo

Russell's Mom (voice)

WE
Will Estes

Willy (voice)

Charlie Adler

Waggs (voice)

RD
Rickey D'Shon Collins

Bosworth (voice)

AH
Angel Harper

Bosworth's Mom (voice)

DR
Don Reed

Marshbird (voice)

RD
Robert David Hall

Truck Driver (voice)

BK
Benjamin Kimball Smith

Russell's Brother (voice)

HH
Haven Hartman

Russell's Sister (voice)

Details

Directed by
Charles Grosvenor
Written by
Rae Lambert, Mark Young, Kelly Ward
Type
Animation
Released
1993
Runtime
71 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 6,578 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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