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Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

2003 · 62 min · Director: Howy Parkins ★ IMDb 6.7 · 2,592 ratings

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Wow - fifth grade. But what good is practically being a grown-up when the teacher's a big sourpuss?

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Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (2003) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Happiness 25%, Excitement 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor35%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Happiness, Excitement. Genres: Comedy, Animation, Family. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Happiness and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Joy
  • Relief

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Humor
Joy
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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 rises around 88 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorJoyRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor47 %45 %18 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 5′Humor48 %43 %10 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 8′Humor50 %44 %8 %0 %
17.5 %≈ 11′Humor55 %50 %10 %0 %
22.5 %≈ 14′Humor56 %48 %6 %0 %
27.5 %≈ 17′Tension59 %40 %5 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 20′Tension68 %38 %24 %32 %
37.5 %≈ 23′Relief68 %41 %43 %43 %
42.5 %≈ 26′Humor57 %48 %41 %23 %
47.5 %≈ 29′Joy53 %45 %34 %10 %
52.5 %≈ 33′Tension54 %39 %23 %14 %
57.5 %≈ 36′Humor57 %44 %24 %24 %
62.5 %≈ 39′Humor57 %50 %36 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 42′Humor54 %44 %32 %6 %
72.5 %≈ 45′Sadness53 %35 %23 %1 %
77.5 %≈ 48′Sadness53 %38 %23 %5 %
82.5 %≈ 51′Humor51 %43 %24 %11 %
87.5 %≈ 54′Sadness56 %44 %28 %29 %
92.5 %≈ 57′Relief70 %48 %45 %51 %
97.5 %≈ 60′Joy77 %48 %62 %58 %
Cinderella

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

JD
Jason Davis

Mikey Blumberg (voice)

MJ
Myles Jeffrey

MJ
Myles Jeffrey

T.J. Detweiler (voice)

CM
Courtland Mead

Gus (voice)

Pamela Adlon

Spinelli (voice)

AB
Allyce Beasley

Miss Grotke (voice)

April Winchell

Miss Finster / Mrs. Detweiler (voice)

Dabney Coleman

Principal Prickly (voice)

Gregg Berger

BoE Agent #4 (voice)

MB
Mayim Bialik

Kurst the Worst (voice)

KB
Klee Bragger

Digger Sam (voice)

Clancy Brown

BoE Agent #1 (voice)

Corey Burton

Newscaster (voice)

Dan Castellaneta

BoE Agent #2 (voice)

LT
Lane Toran

King Bob (voice)

DC
Danny Cooksey

Greg Skeens (voice)

RC
Rachel Crane

Ashley Q (voice)

AN
Aria Noelle Curzon

Cornchip Girl (voice)

E. G. Daily

Cap'n Sticky (voice)

Details

Directed by
Howy Parkins
Written by
Elijah Aron, Bart Jennett
Type
Animation
Released
2003
Runtime
62 min
Country
USA
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 2,592 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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