In Country
1989 · 120 min · Director: Norman Jewison
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Samantha Hughes, a teenage Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before she was born. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett Smith, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl and Pete, three other Vietnam veterans who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another, that relate to their war experiences. Sam, as Samantha is known, becomes obsessed with finding out about her father and his experiences, but Emmett and the other veterans don't want to talk about the war. Sam pushes everyone to attend a dance honoring the town's veterans, but Pete and Earl get into a fight, Emmett disappears, and Tom takes Sam home for an unsuccessful tryst. When Sam reads her father's diary, she begins to understand what his life and death meant, and with a trip to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, she and Emmett at least temporarily come to terms with the war in their lives.
Emotional fingerprint
In Country (1989) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Melancholy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy30%
- Melancholy25%
- Sadness20%
- Anxiety15%
- Hope10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Melancholy, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Romance, War. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Empathy
- Disturbing
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Disturbing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Tension | 43 % | 17 % | 25 % | 15 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Humor | 36 % | 15 % | 28 % | 9 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Empathy | 38 % | 25 % | 35 % | 5 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Sadness | 46 % | 40 % | 43 % | 6 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Sadness | 50 % | 39 % | 43 % | 11 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Tension | 48 % | 29 % | 38 % | 14 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Humor | 43 % | 23 % | 34 % | 10 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Humor | 40 % | 21 % | 32 % | 9 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Sadness | 46 % | 28 % | 35 % | 23 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Disturbing | 60 % | 40 % | 46 % | 39 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Empathy | 64 % | 49 % | 56 % | 30 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 69′ | Sadness | 61 % | 50 % | 56 % | 29 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Disturbing | 61 % | 48 % | 54 % | 39 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Empathy | 63 % | 48 % | 50 % | 41 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Disturbing | 76 % | 63 % | 59 % | 64 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Sadness | 79 % | 68 % | 69 % | 63 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 99′ | Empathy | 70 % | 60 % | 68 % | 25 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 105′ | Sadness | 70 % | 60 % | 66 % | 10 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 111′ | Sadness | 63 % | 53 % | 58 % | 13 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 117′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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
Mamaw
Dwayne Hughes
Veteran at dance
Larry
Donna
Speaker
Drug Store Manager
Drug Store Cashier
Details
- Directed by
- Norman Jewison
- Written by
- Bobbie Ann Mason, Frank Pierson, Cynthia Cidre
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1989
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
Where to watch
Rent
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