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Barbie in a Mermaid Tale

2010 · 75 min · Director: Adam Wood ★ IMDb 6.6 · 5,693 ratings

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Barbie stars as Merliah, a surfer who learns a shocking secret: she's a mermaid! She and her dolphin friend set out for an undersea adventure to rescue her mother, the queen of Oceana.

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Barbie in a Mermaid Tale (2010) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Surprise 20%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Awe20%
  2. Joy15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Surprise, Awe. Genres: Fantasy, Animation, Family. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Surprise and Awe. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 62/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Joy
  • Tension
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Relief

Joy
Tension
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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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 38 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityJoyTensionRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Joy60 %47 %22 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Curiosity60 %30 %24 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 9′Curiosity61 %15 %28 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity61 %16 %30 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 17′Curiosity61 %19 %38 %6 %
27.5 %≈ 21′Tension63 %23 %45 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 24′Humor60 %33 %38 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 28′Humor59 %30 %35 %6 %
42.5 %≈ 32′Curiosity60 %20 %45 %9 %
47.5 %≈ 36′Tension64 %15 %57 %6 %
52.5 %≈ 39′Tension70 %15 %68 %14 %
57.5 %≈ 43′Relief69 %24 %64 %28 %
62.5 %≈ 47′Curiosity64 %30 %56 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 51′Tension69 %29 %64 %18 %
72.5 %≈ 54′Tension78 %31 %71 %21 %
77.5 %≈ 58′Relief80 %48 %64 %48 %
82.5 %≈ 62′Relief79 %64 %45 %66 %
87.5 %≈ 66′Joy76 %69 %20 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 69′Joy77 %72 %8 %53 %
97.5 %≈ 73′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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

PM
Peter Mel

PM
Peter Mel

Surf Announcer (voice)

NB
Nakia Burrise

Fallon (voice)

MH
Maryke Hendrikse

Hadley (voice)

EP
Emma Pierson

Kayla (voice)

CJ
Ciara Janson

Xylie (voice)

Garry Chalk

Break (voice)

Nicole Oliver

Calissa (voice)

Alistair Abell

Remo / Pufferazzi (voice)

Andrea Libman

Dee (voice)

Shannon Chan-Kent

Deandra (voice)

EK
Ellen Kennedy

Lipstick Fish / Syrenka (voice)

Scott McNeil

Syrenka's Pet Fish (voice)

ML
Melissa Lyons

Merliah (singing voice)

AF
Alex Ferris

Dreamfish (voice)

Details

Directed by
Adam Wood
Written by
Elise Allen
Type
Animation
Released
2010
Runtime
75 min
Country
USA
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 5,693 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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