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White Water Summer

1987 · 90 min · Director: Jeff Bleckner ★ IMDb 6.2 · 6,523 ratings

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An experienced guide (Vic) accompanies a city boy (Alan) and his three friends on their first wilderness experience. Hoping to teach the four boys lessons not only about the wilderness, but about themselves, Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive.

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White Water Summer (1987) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Excitement 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Excitement, Inspiration. Genres: Drama, Adventure. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Excitement and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 6.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Empathy
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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 18 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathyRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor49 %13 %17 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor45 %13 %13 %7 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor44 %18 %13 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor43 %22 %16 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Excitement47 %34 %24 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Tension60 %54 %38 %17 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Tension63 %60 %48 %20 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Empathy57 %50 %48 %12 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Empathy56 %48 %45 %5 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Tension64 %59 %44 %11 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Tension65 %57 %38 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Humor59 %44 %26 %29 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Excitement66 %56 %36 %24 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Tension76 %69 %57 %24 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Relief76 %65 %58 %34 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Tension77 %67 %61 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Empathy79 %69 %68 %25 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Tension79 %70 %62 %31 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Relief67 %55 %44 %46 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Relief44 %30 %27 %40 %
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

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Jonathan Ward

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Jonathan Ward

Mitch

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K.C. Martel

George

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Matt Adler

Chris

CM
Caroline McWilliams

Virginia Block

CS
Charles Siebert

Jerry Block

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Joseph Passerrelli

Storekeeper (as Joseph Passerelli)

Details

Directed by
Jeff Bleckner
Written by
Manya Starr, Ernest Kinoy
Type
Movies
Released
1987
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.2 · 6,523 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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