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To Sleep with Anger

1990 · 102 min · Director: Charles Burnett ★ IMDb 7.1 · 3,619 ratings

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Harry Mention, an enigmatic drifter from the South, comes to visit an old acquaintance named Gideon, who now lives in South-Central Los Angeles. Harry's charming, down-home manner hides a malicious penchant for stirring up trouble, and he exerts a strange and powerful eff...

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To Sleep with Anger (1990) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Empathy 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Empathy, Disturbing. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Empathy and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sympathy
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

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 peaks around 78 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathyRelief
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity34 %25 %12 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension36 %25 %13 %1 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor39 %21 %14 %4 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Curiosity43 %26 %15 %4 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Curiosity45 %36 %15 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Curiosity43 %34 %20 %5 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor42 %28 %29 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Sympathy47 %37 %37 %7 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension55 %48 %45 %12 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Sympathy59 %54 %50 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Tension56 %51 %43 %7 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Tension50 %44 %38 %6 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Sympathy53 %46 %43 %8 %
67.5 %≈ 69′Tension60 %55 %40 %6 %
72.5 %≈ 74′Tension66 %65 %39 %5 %
77.5 %≈ 79′Tension73 %71 %50 %5 %
82.5 %≈ 84′Sympathy67 %61 %52 %9 %
87.5 %≈ 89′Humor59 %41 %39 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 94′Relief58 %23 %31 %44 %
97.5 %≈ 99′Relief60 %13 %30 %56 %
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

PB
Paul Butler

PB
Paul Butler

Gideon

DN
DeVaughn Nixon

MA
Mary Alice

Suzie

RB
Richard Brooks

Samuel “Baby Brother”

Carl Lumbly

Junior

EA
Ethel Ayler

Hattie

DR
Davis Roberts

Okra Tate

DC
DeForest Covan

Fred Jenkins

DN
DeVaughn Nixon

Sunny

RK
Reina King

Rhonda

CC
Cory Curtis

Skip

PB
Paula Bellamy

Mrs. Baker

WS
Wonderful Smith

Preacher

JW
Jimmy Witherspoon

Percy

Details

Directed by
Charles Burnett
Written by
Charles Burnett
Type
Movies
Released
1990
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 3,619 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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