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Sea of Love

1989 · 113 min · Director: Harold Becker ★ IMDb 6.8 · 49,386 ratings

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Frank Keller is a New York detective investigating a case of a serial killer who finds the victims through the lonely hearts column in newspapers. Keller falls in love with Helen, the main suspect in the case.

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Emotional fingerprint

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

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  1. Love20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Anxiety, Love. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Crime. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Anxiety and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Curiosity
Humor
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 rises around 78 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityHumor
2.5 %≈ 3′Love37 %15 %25 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity38 %19 %30 %30 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor39 %21 %31 %35 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Humor43 %28 %32 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Curiosity46 %31 %40 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Curiosity48 %26 %44 %34 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Humor46 %24 %40 %43 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Humor44 %25 %39 %41 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Curiosity49 %34 %43 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 54′Tension60 %43 %40 %21 %
52.5 %≈ 59′Love57 %35 %33 %27 %
57.5 %≈ 65′Curiosity45 %31 %31 %30 %
62.5 %≈ 71′Sadness41 %36 %34 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 76′Curiosity44 %36 %39 %15 %
72.5 %≈ 82′Love48 %34 %38 %15 %
77.5 %≈ 88′Sadness56 %41 %35 %10 %
82.5 %≈ 93′Tension71 %64 %43 %4 %
87.5 %≈ 99′Tension75 %70 %43 %6 %
92.5 %≈ 105′Sadness61 %45 %30 %16 %
97.5 %≈ 110′Love53 %25 %20 %23 %
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

Ellen Barkin

Helen Cruger

William Hickey

Frank Keller Sr.

Paul Calderon

Serafino

GC
Gene Canfield

Struk

LJ
Larry Joshua

Dargan

John Spencer

Lieutenant

CE
Christine Estabrook

Gina Gallagher / Lonelyheart

BB
Barbara Baxley

Miss Allen

PB
Patricia Barry

Older Woman

MP
Mark Phelan

Murdered Man

Michael O'Neill

Raymond Brown

MF
Michael Fischetti

Doorman

LA
Luis Antonio Ramos

Omar Maldonado

RB
Rafael Báez

Efram Maldonado

DL
Damien Leake

Ernest Lee

Details

Directed by
Harold Becker
Written by
Richard Price
Type
Movies
Released
1989
Runtime
113 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 49,386 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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