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Ernest Goes to Camp

1987 · 92 min · Director: John R. Cherry III, John Cherry ★ IMDb 5.5 · 13,520 ratings

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At the beginning Ernest gets a shot by Miss. St.cloud then they get a group of kids from a institution. Then Ernest becomes a camp counselor. Later on Ernest gets bit by fire ants at a picnic with Nurse St.cloud and the Chief which is Miss. St.clouds Grandfather. Then The Chief is tricked into selling the camp by Krader Mining company. Then Ernest gets beat up and Miss. St.cloud patches him up. Then he saves Kamp Kikike which is where they live and they become a year round camp.

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Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 40%, Love 20%, Inspiration 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor40%
  2. Love20%
  3. Relief10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Inspiration. Genres: Comedy, Family. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Relief
  • Hope

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: 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 rises around 68 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorReliefHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor50 %50 %0 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor50 %50 %1 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor55 %55 %3 %14 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor55 %54 %3 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor55 %50 %10 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor57 %50 %16 %19 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Humor59 %54 %8 %11 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Humor64 %54 %0 %5 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Tension66 %49 %1 %14 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Humor60 %48 %4 %25 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Hope55 %45 %8 %36 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Hope59 %41 %9 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Sadness65 %36 %4 %28 %
67.5 %≈ 62′Sadness73 %28 %0 %20 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Sadness80 %20 %4 %30 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Hope81 %32 %10 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 76′Humor81 %57 %14 %58 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Tension85 %60 %31 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 85′Relief88 %49 %64 %49 %
97.5 %≈ 90′Relief87 %47 %82 %58 %
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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

VR
Victoria Racimo

LA
Lyle Alzado

Bronk Stinson (Foreman)

DB
Daniel Butler

Eddy

IE
Iron Eyes Cody

Old Indian Chief

PD
Patrick Day

Bobby Wayne

Scott Menville

Crutchfield

Jacob Vargas

Bubba Vargas

DC
Danny Capri

Danny

HA
Hakeem Abdul-Samad

Moustafa-Hakeem Jones

TL
Todd Loyd

Chip Ozgood

AW
Andrew Woodworth

Pennington

JB
Jeffrey Buckner Ford

Attorney Elliott Blatz

LB
Larry Black

Mr. Tipton

HS
Hugh Sinclair

Counselor Sparks

ES
Eddy Schumacher

Counselor Stennis

JW
Johnson West

Counselor Puckett

Details

Directed by
John R. Cherry III, John Cherry
Written by
John R. Cherry III, Coke Sams, Glenn Petach, John Cherry
Type
Movies
Released
1987
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy, Family
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 13,520 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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