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Jungle Fever

1991 · 132 min · Director: Spike Lee ★ IMDb 6.6 · 21,290 ratings

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A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

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Emotional fingerprint

Jungle Fever (1991) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Anger15%
  2. Love10%

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Why it feels this way

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

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Sadness
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Love47 %13 %4 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Love38 %18 %5 %12 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Humor36 %25 %13 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Sadness41 %30 %21 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Love45 %35 %19 %22 %
27.5 %≈ 36′Disturbing47 %40 %18 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 43′Tension51 %45 %20 %31 %
37.5 %≈ 50′Tension55 %50 %25 %38 %
42.5 %≈ 56′Tension60 %54 %35 %44 %
47.5 %≈ 63′Tension62 %55 %36 %49 %
52.5 %≈ 69′Disturbing66 %59 %39 %59 %
57.5 %≈ 76′Disturbing63 %56 %36 %57 %
62.5 %≈ 83′Tension53 %46 %30 %45 %
67.5 %≈ 89′Sadness57 %50 %33 %49 %
72.5 %≈ 96′Disturbing66 %56 %39 %56 %
77.5 %≈ 102′Sadness70 %57 %49 %56 %
82.5 %≈ 109′Tension76 %66 %56 %63 %
87.5 %≈ 116′Sadness82 %75 %66 %71 %
92.5 %≈ 122′Sadness87 %80 %78 %78 %
97.5 %≈ 129′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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

Wesley Snipes

Flipper Purify

Ossie Davis

Reverend Purify

Ruby Dee

Lucinda Purify

Samuel L. Jackson

Gator Purify

LM
Lonette McKee

Drew

John Turturro

Pauline Carbone

Frank Vincent

Mike Tucci

Anthony Quinn

Lou Carbone

Halle Berry

Vivian

TF
Tyra Ferrell

Orin Goode

VW
Veronica Webb

Vera

VT
Veronica Timbers

Ming

DD
David Dundara

Charlie Tucci

Michael Imperioli

James Tucci

Michael Badalucco

Frankie Botz

Details

Directed by
Spike Lee
Written by
Spike Lee
Type
Movies
Released
1991
Runtime
132 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 21,290 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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