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Roger & Me

1989 · 91 min · Director: Michael Moore ★ IMDb 7.5 · 28,354 ratings

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A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

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Emotional fingerprint

Roger & Me (1989) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

20%Humor
  1. Humor20%
  2. Anger15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Humor. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Sympathy
  • Anger

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Anger

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

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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 dips around 43 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessSympathyAnger
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor35 %17 %18 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sadness43 %27 %30 %24 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Anger53 %39 %44 %35 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Sadness55 %44 %49 %27 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Sympathy50 %33 %37 %16 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor55 %30 %35 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Sympathy59 %39 %46 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Sympathy44 %29 %36 %23 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Humor33 %16 %21 %15 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Humor43 %21 %26 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Tension58 %30 %34 %18 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Tension56 %32 %35 %21 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Sadness45 %31 %32 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Humor44 %31 %30 %28 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Anger55 %39 %36 %36 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Sadness61 %41 %39 %33 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Humor56 %36 %34 %33 %
87.5 %≈ 80′Sadness59 %44 %44 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Sympathy60 %45 %49 %42 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Humor48 %30 %35 %21 %
Riches to rags

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

RB
Roger B. Smith

RB
Rhonda Britton

FR
Fred Ross

Self

BE
Bob Eubanks

Self

JB
James Blanchard

Self

KL
Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson

Self

PB
Pat Boone

Self

AB
Anita Bryant

Self

JB
James Bond

Self

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Karen Edgely

Self

BH
Ben Hamper

Self

DJ
Dinona Jackson

Self

TJ
Timothy Jackson

Self

TK
Tom Kay

Self

CL
Correy Lennox

Self

BM
Brian MacDonald

Self

JK
Janet K. Rauch

Self

BS
Barbara Schroeder

Self

GS
George Sells

Self

Details

Directed by
Michael Moore
Written by
Michael Moore
Type
Movies
Released
1989
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 28,354 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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