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City Slickers

1991 · 114 min · Director: Ron Underwood ★ IMDb 6.8 · 68,227 ratings

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Mitch is a middle aged big-city radio ads salesman. He and his friends Ed and Phil are having mid-life crisis. They decide the best birthday gift is to go on a two week holiday in the wild west driving cattle from New Mexico to Colorado. There they meet cowboy Curly who not only teaches them how to become real cowboys, but also one or two other things about life in the open air of the west.

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

  1. Humor35%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Inspiration. Genres: Comedy, Western. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 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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  • Humor
  • Joy
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Humor
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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 13 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorJoyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension63 %50 %22 %47 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor54 %48 %16 %26 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor48 %45 %10 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Humor51 %48 %8 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Humor54 %49 %11 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Humor51 %48 %14 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Humor53 %50 %18 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Humor56 %51 %24 %30 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Tension57 %49 %16 %41 %
47.5 %≈ 54′Humor58 %40 %8 %48 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Empathy60 %34 %20 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Joy64 %38 %34 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 71′Sadness64 %36 %25 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 77′Tension64 %34 %13 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Sadness65 %38 %15 %53 %
77.5 %≈ 88′Humor69 %39 %26 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 94′Tension79 %33 %43 %64 %
87.5 %≈ 100′Joy79 %29 %56 %51 %
92.5 %≈ 105′Joy66 %34 %54 %23 %
97.5 %≈ 111′Joy60 %40 %48 %8 %
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

Bruno Kirby

Ed Furillo

PW
Patricia Wettig

Barbara Robbins

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Helen Slater

Bonnie Rayburn

LC
Lindsay Crystal

Holly Robbins

Noble Willingham

Clay Stone

Jack Palance

Curly Washburn

Josh Mostel

Barry Shalowitz

David Paymer

Ira Shalowitz

BH
Bill Henderson

Ben Jessup

PL
Phill Lewis

Steve Jessup

Jake Gyllenhaal

Danny Robbins

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Kyle Secor

Jeff

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Dean Hallo

T.R.

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Karla Tamburrelli

Arlene Berquist

Details

Directed by
Ron Underwood
Type
Movies
Released
1991
Runtime
114 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 68,227 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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