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Hot Pursuit

1987 · 93 min · Director: Steven Lisberger, Steven Lisberger ★ IMDb 5.8 · 4,549 ratings

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Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he simply must take a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. But he is not quite sure where they are, and meets smugglers, crazy captains and murderers.

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Hot Pursuit (1987) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Surprise 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor35%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Surprise. Genres: Comedy. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Humor
  • Anticipation

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Anticipation

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Humor
Anticipation
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 78 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHumorAnticipation
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor43 %22 %40 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Love46 %28 %36 %28 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Love48 %25 %31 %35 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Relief51 %25 %38 %43 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor56 %33 %50 %43 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor53 %29 %49 %39 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Anticipation46 %24 %40 %40 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Anticipation49 %28 %44 %44 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Humor51 %31 %49 %39 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Humor53 %40 %43 %35 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Tension64 %59 %36 %43 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Tension70 %64 %39 %43 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Humor64 %53 %46 %38 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Tension58 %46 %46 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Relief56 %46 %41 %45 %
77.5 %≈ 72′Tension65 %59 %35 %45 %
82.5 %≈ 77′Tension75 %74 %25 %49 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Tension79 %73 %25 %51 %
92.5 %≈ 86′Relief74 %48 %32 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 91′Relief63 %18 %35 %30 %
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

John Cusack

Dan Bartlett

Jerry Stiller

Victor Honeywell

WG
Wendy Gazelle

Lori Cronenberg

MM
Monte Markham

Bill Cronenberg

SF
Shelley Fabares

Buffy Cronenberg

PB
Paul Bates

Cleon

Keith David

Alphonso

ML
Martin LaSalle

Prisoner

Ben Stiller

Chris Honeywell

UB
Ursaline Bryant

Roxanne

TC
Terence Cooper

Captain Andrew

DC
Dah-ve Chodan

Ginger Cronenberg

AR
Andaluz Russell

Carmelina

TW
Ted White

Tommy Ray

RS
Roberto Sneider

Rico

LC
Laurencio Cordero

Grandfather

FT
Frank Tidy

Britisher

Details

Directed by
Steven Lisberger, Steven Lisberger
Written by
Tom Mankiewicz, Steven Lisberger, Steven W. Carabatsos, Steven Lisberger
Type
Movies
Released
1987
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States, Mexico
Genres
Comedy
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.8 · 4,549 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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