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Wild at Heart

1990 · 125 min · Director: David Lynch ★ IMDb 7.2 · 113,716 ratings

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Lula's psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor's probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. Unaware of this, the two enjoy their journey and themselves being together... until they witness a young woman dying after a car accident - a bad omen.

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Wild at Heart (1990) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Tension 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love30%
  2. Awe10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Love, Tension, Excitement. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Tension and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Love
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Love
Disturbing
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 peaks around 3 %, then dips around 28 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionLoveDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension73 %72 %12 %55 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Tension63 %60 %21 %41 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Tension55 %49 %30 %27 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Love59 %43 %48 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Love57 %38 %55 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Love53 %40 %46 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 41′Love54 %46 %39 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 47′Disturbing54 %45 %28 %44 %
42.5 %≈ 53′Disturbing60 %51 %20 %55 %
47.5 %≈ 59′Tension70 %63 %18 %60 %
52.5 %≈ 66′Sadness74 %68 %13 %59 %
57.5 %≈ 72′Tension71 %63 %21 %54 %
62.5 %≈ 78′Love64 %50 %43 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 84′Love69 %59 %40 %54 %
72.5 %≈ 91′Disturbing79 %75 %19 %68 %
77.5 %≈ 97′Tension79 %78 %9 %58 %
82.5 %≈ 103′Tension79 %76 %19 %53 %
87.5 %≈ 109′Sadness76 %68 %45 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 116′Sadness75 %46 %66 %24 %
97.5 %≈ 122′Love80 %25 %77 %10 %
Cinderella

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

Diane Ladd

Marietta Fortune

Harry Dean Stanton

Johnnie Farragut

J.E. Freeman

Marcelles Santos

Isabella Rossellini

Perdita Durango

Grace Zabriskie

Juana Durango

CL
Calvin Lockhart

Reggie

Sheryl Lee

The Good Witch

Sherilyn Fenn

Girl in Accident

Jack Nance

00 Spool

GW
Glenn Walker Harris Jr.

Pace Fortune

MK
Marvin Kaplan

Uncle Pooch

Freddie Jones

George Kovich

JL
John Lurie

Sparky

Details

Directed by
David Lynch
Written by
David Lynch, Barry Gifford
Type
Movies
Released
1990
Runtime
125 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 113,716 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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