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Riff-Raff

1991 · 95 min · Director: Ken Loach ★ IMDb 7 · 5,309 ratings

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The story of Stevie, a construction worker, and his girlfriend, an unemployed pop singer, serves to show the living conditions of the British poor class

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Riff-Raff (1991) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Sadness 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sympathy
  • Tension
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Sympathy
Tension
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 peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathyTensionHumor
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor47 %27 %20 %43 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor49 %29 %24 %44 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor50 %20 %26 %45 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor49 %13 %23 %44 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor52 %28 %28 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Sympathy57 %46 %34 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor51 %39 %26 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor50 %35 %20 %38 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Sympathy57 %48 %24 %33 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Hope56 %46 %32 %35 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Humor55 %44 %41 %33 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Sympathy59 %51 %45 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Sympathy56 %50 %41 %23 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Sympathy55 %48 %34 %21 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Sadness57 %50 %28 %30 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Humor60 %51 %33 %31 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Sympathy63 %49 %44 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Humor66 %49 %56 %20 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Tension70 %53 %65 %20 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Humor63 %43 %57 %30 %
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

EM
Emer McCourt

JR
Jim R. Coleman

GM
George Moss

Mo

JC
Jimmy Coleman

Shem

RT
Ricky Tomlinson

Larry

DF
David Finch

Kevin

RB
Richard Belgrave

Kojo

AS
Ade Sapara

Fiaman

DY
Derek Young

Desmonde

BM
Bill Moores

Smurph

WR
Willie Ross

Gus Siddon

LK
Luke Kelly

Ken Jones

GL
Gary Lammin

Mick (as Garrie J. Lammin)

DP
Dean Perry

Wilf

TB
Terry Bird

Van Driver

JK
John Kazek

Robert

MC
Maureen Carr

Ellen

AM
Anne Marie Timoney

Fiona

AM
Angela Morant

Estate Agent

Details

Directed by
Ken Loach
Written by
Bill Jesse
Type
Movies
Released
1991
Runtime
95 min
Country
United Kingdom
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7 · 5,309 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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