feeldb

My Father's Dragon

2022 · 99 min · Director: Nora Twomey, Nora Twomey ★ IMDb 6.5 · 4,340 ratings

Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)

Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.

Ask Kadri

Trailer for My Father's Dragon

Playing the trailer connects to YouTube. No connection is made until you choose to play.

Rate how it felt
Working…

Your viewing check-in

Emotional fingerprint

My Father's Dragon (2022) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Excitement 25%, Joy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Joy20%
  2. Fear15%
  3. Love10%

AI estimate · no viewer votes yet

How we measure

AI estimate

Share of emotional signal, not the percentage of people or a probability of enjoyment.

Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Excitement, Joy. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

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

How did it make you feel?

Votes are saved to the fingerprint once you’re signed in.

Pick up to three · 0/3

1
2
3

Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Tension
  • Joy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Empathy
Tension
Joy
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
Ending hidden

Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyTensionJoy
2.5 %≈ 2′Joy45 %42 %25 %25 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Empathy51 %49 %34 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Empathy59 %55 %41 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Sadness66 %49 %40 %35 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Joy72 %38 %48 %39 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Tension74 %41 %60 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Humor69 %41 %58 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Humor68 %35 %60 %38 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Tension73 %34 %70 %32 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Tension76 %38 %73 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 52′Tension76 %49 %73 %19 %
57.5 %≈ 57′Tension74 %60 %60 %14 %
62.5 %≈ 62′Empathy75 %66 %49 %26 %
67.5 %≈ 67′Tension80 %64 %65 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 72′Tension84 %68 %71 %24 %
77.5 %≈ 77′Empathy86 %75 %50 %30 %
82.5 %≈ 82′Joy86 %73 %30 %61 %
87.5 %≈ 87′Empathy79 %65 %15 %70 %
92.5 %≈ 92′Joy70 %55 %7 %65 %
97.5 %≈ 97′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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.

AI reading of the film’s English subtitles (dialogue and sound cues) — not viewer votes. How we measure ↗

Kadri — your film companion

AI

Ask anything about My Father's Dragon. From the film’s own dialogue and FeelDB data, at your spoiler level.

Kadri

Hi, I’m Kadri. Ask me anything about My Father's Dragon — I’ll stay inside your spoiler line.

Premise only
Enter to send · Shift + Enter for a new line
Afterward Reveal viewer responses · may contain spoilers

Viewer responses about feelings after the title ended, separate from feelings while watching. No AI estimates.

0 responses so far

Feeling details appear after at least 3 viewers respond, to protect privacy.

Cast

Golshifteh Farahani

Dela Elevator (voice)

Dianne Wiest

Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)

Chris O'Dowd

Kwan the Macaque (voice)

Judy Greer

Soda the Whale (voice)

Alan Cumming

Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)

YS
Yara Shahidi

Callie (voice)

Jackie Earle Haley

Tamir the Tarsier (voice)

Mary Kay Place

Narrator (voice)

Leighton Meester

Sasha (voice)

SM
Spence Moore II

George (voice)

Adam Brody

Bob (voice)

Lo Mutuc

Magda (voice)

JS
Jack S. A. Smith

Eugene (voice)

ML
Maggie Lincoln

Gertie (voice)

Whoopi Goldberg

Cat (voice)

Ian McShane

Saiwa (voice)

Debi Derryberry

Additional voices (voice)

Details

Directed by
Nora Twomey, Nora Twomey
Written by
Meg LeFauve, John C. Morgan, Ruth Stiles Gannett
Type
Animation
Released
2022
Runtime
99 min
Country
Ireland, United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 4,340 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
Data updated

Where to watch

Also on

Availability varies by country

Data: JustWatch · Wikidata

Feels similar

More like this →

Emotion overlap shows mood similarity, not a prediction of enjoyment.