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Stand and Deliver

1988 · 103 min · Director: Ramón Menéndez ★ IMDb 7.3 · 22,866 ratings

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Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a Hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods help gang members and no-hopers pass the rigorous Advanced Placement exam in calculus.

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Stand and Deliver (1988) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 35%, Empathy 25%, Happiness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Empathy, Happiness. Genres: Drama, Biography. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Empathy and Happiness. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Hope
  • Tension
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

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 peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHopeTensionRelief
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor33 %12 %18 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor38 %14 %23 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor43 %23 %25 %4 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Hope45 %30 %28 %3 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Tension43 %24 %31 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Sadness43 %23 %35 %4 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Hope49 %35 %39 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Hope51 %44 %39 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Hope50 %36 %39 %6 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Sadness54 %24 %44 %5 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Tension59 %28 %50 %14 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Relief64 %45 %41 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Relief70 %46 %34 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Tension71 %24 %51 %18 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Tension69 %13 %58 %3 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Sadness70 %20 %53 %1 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Tension73 %34 %61 %3 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Hope68 %43 %64 %8 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Tension69 %46 %49 %29 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Relief80 %57 %30 %60 %
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

Lou Diamond Phillips

Angel Guzman

EH
Estelle Harris

MP
Mark Phelan

RD
Rosanna DeSoto

Fabiola Escalante

Andy Garcia

Dr. Ramirez

Estelle Harris

Secretary

MP
Mark Phelan

Cop

VP
Virginia Paris

Raquel Ortega

E
Eliot

Tito (as Mark Eliot)

AA
Adelaida Alvarez

Sexy Girl

BO
Bodie Olmos

Fernando Escalante

VM
Vanessa Marquez

Ana Delgado

GG
Graham Galloway

Craig

DV
Daniel Villarreal

Chuco

MB
Manuel Benitez

Heavy Metal Boy

WG
Will Gotay

Pancho Garcia

IO
Ingrid Oliu

Lupe Escobar

KM
Karla Montana

Claudia Camejo

LN
Lydia Nicole

Rafaela Fuentes

BC
Betty Carvalho

Angel's Grandma

Details

Directed by
Ramón Menéndez
Written by
Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca
Type
Movies
Released
1988
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 22,866 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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