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Chances Are

1989 · 108 min · Director: Emile Ardolino ★ IMDb 6.5 · 13,966 ratings

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Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not until Alex is invited to Louie's home that he begins to remember his former life, wife and best friend. Of course, there's also the problem that he's attracted to Louie's/his own daughter.

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Chances Are (1989) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Humor 25%, Confusion 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Love
25%Humor
  1. Love30%
  2. Humor25%

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Humor and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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  • Love
  • Humor
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Love
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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 23 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveHumorCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 3′Love63 %62 %22 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Love64 %54 %28 %34 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Curiosity61 %38 %35 %51 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Curiosity56 %30 %35 %43 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Sadness55 %32 %35 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Humor55 %25 %41 %40 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Curiosity57 %21 %46 %56 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Curiosity59 %31 %45 %59 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Curiosity57 %40 %44 %55 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Humor56 %39 %50 %46 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Humor56 %36 %56 %36 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Humor63 %48 %56 %35 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Love70 %57 %57 %36 %
67.5 %≈ 73′Humor70 %54 %64 %30 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Humor68 %49 %66 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Humor66 %49 %59 %28 %
82.5 %≈ 89′Love66 %59 %45 %29 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Love70 %69 %35 %30 %
92.5 %≈ 100′Love74 %71 %27 %23 %
97.5 %≈ 105′Love77 %75 %20 %12 %
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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

Mary Stuart Masterson

Miranda Jeffries

Christopher McDonald

Louie Jeffries

Josef Sommer

Judge Fenwick

HF
Henderson Forsythe

Ben Bradlee

SR
Susan Ruttan

Woman in the Bookstore

LL
Lester Lanin

Conductor

RD
Richard DeAngelis

Hot Dog Vendor

JN
James Noble

Dr. Bailey

FR
Fran Ryan

Mavis Talmadge

Marc McClure

Richard

MK
Mimi Kennedy

Sally

Kathleen Freeman

Mrs. Handy

DP
Dennis Patrick

Archibald Blair

Gianni Russo

Anthony Bonino

FS
Franchelle Stewart Dorn

Receptionist

JD
Jacquelyn Drake

Bradlee's Secretary

Details

Directed by
Emile Ardolino
Written by
Perry Howze, Randy Howze
Type
Movies
Released
1989
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 13,966 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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