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Summer School

1987 · 97 min · Director: Carl Reiner, Carl Reiner ★ IMDb 6.6 · 24,473 ratings

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A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with them, and even inspires ardor in some.

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Summer School (1987) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 38%, Empathy 22%, Love 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

38%Humor
18%Love
  1. Humor38%
  2. Love18%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Love. Genres: Comedy, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Joy
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Joy

Humor
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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 8 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorJoyHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor45 %45 %17 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor41 %41 %14 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor43 %43 %13 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor46 %46 %11 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor50 %50 %11 %9 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Humor51 %50 %13 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Humor48 %45 %13 %23 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor45 %43 %16 %16 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Humor46 %43 %18 %8 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Humor48 %44 %13 %8 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Humor46 %44 %14 %16 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Humor45 %40 %21 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Humor44 %35 %21 %24 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Humor44 %31 %11 %14 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Sympathy49 %36 %8 %11 %
77.5 %≈ 75′Humor55 %43 %18 %24 %
82.5 %≈ 80′Hope59 %36 %24 %40 %
87.5 %≈ 85′Tension60 %30 %25 %40 %
92.5 %≈ 90′Joy61 %34 %40 %38 %
97.5 %≈ 95′Joy63 %40 %55 %40 %
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.

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Cast

Mark Harmon

Freddy Shoop

Kirstie Alley

Robin Bishop

RT
Robin Thomas

Robin Thomas

Phil Gills

DC
Dean Cameron

Chainsaw

GR
Gary Riley

Dave

KJ
Kelly Jo Minter

Denise

KO
Ken Olandt

Larry

FU
Fabiana Udenio

Anna-Maria

Francis X. McCarthy

Principal Kelban

TT
Tom Troupe

Judge

LL
Lucy Lee Flippin

Substitute Teacher

AS
Amy Stoch

Kim

Beau Starr

Chainsaw's Dad

LW
Laura Waterbury

Chainsaw's Mom

RK
Robin Kaufman

Chainsaw's Sister

DA
Dottie Archibald

Dave's Mom

Details

Written by
Jeff Franklin, Stuart Birnbaum, David Dashev
Type
Movies
Released
1987
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 24,473 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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