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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

1990 · 95 min · Director: Jim Abrahams ★ IMDb 5.9 · 6,704 ratings

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Although Roxy left town more than fifteen years ago, her memory has never faded. Her expected return starts to impact a number of lives, including that of her former partner Denton Webb. But it is Dinky, the adopted daughter of the Bossettis and ignored by most of her classmates as a strange loner, who may be most changed. She is convinced she is Roxie's secret child.

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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Melancholy 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor20%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

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

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Empathy
Sadness
Hope
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 13 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Sadness48 %40 %42 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor40 %33 %30 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor37 %26 %20 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor43 %29 %19 %6 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor49 %40 %29 %18 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Sadness56 %53 %44 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Empathy60 %54 %49 %16 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Tension59 %49 %46 %16 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Empathy55 %50 %43 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Empathy55 %54 %43 %28 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Sadness59 %56 %49 %21 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Sadness55 %53 %44 %29 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Humor48 %45 %26 %37 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Hope45 %44 %16 %39 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Empathy45 %43 %18 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Humor49 %43 %23 %31 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Hope61 %51 %36 %40 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Sadness76 %65 %63 %39 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Sadness81 %73 %65 %46 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Hope78 %68 %42 %63 %
Rags to riches

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

Stephen Tobolowsky

Mayor Bill Klepler

DM
Dinah Manoff

Evelyn Whittacher

TW
Thomas Wilson Brown

Gerald Howells

JM
Joan McMurtrey

Barbara Webb

Graham Beckel

Les Bossetti

Frances Fisher

Rochelle Bossetti

RK
Robby Kiger

Beannie Billings

SP
Sachi Parker

Libby Ohiemacher

MM
Micole Mercurio

Louise Garweski

JS
John Short

Ronald Reems

Robin Thomas

Scotty Sandholtzer

VL
Valerie Landsburg

Miss Day Ashburn

RA
Rhonda Aldrich

Charmaine the Hairdresser

AF
Ava Fabian

Roxy Carmichael

Carla Gugino

Young Roxy

RK
Rob King

Young Denton

DF
Daniel Fekete

Denny, Jr.

Details

Directed by
Jim Abrahams
Written by
Karen Leigh Hopkins, Karen Leigh Hopkins
Type
Movies
Released
1990
Runtime
95 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.9 · 6,704 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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