Necessary Roughness
1991 · 108 min · Director: Stan Dragoti
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule. With fewer players than most teams, the makeshift team must overcome obstacles that the best teams in the country couldn't deal with. Using a thirty-four-year-old quarterback, a female placekicker, and a gang of misfits, Ed "Straight Arrow" Genero must take his team to play the number one Texas Colts.
Emotional fingerprint
Necessary Roughness (1991) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Joy 35%, Humor 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Joy35%
- Humor25%
- Excitement20%
- Empathy10%
- Satisfaction10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Joy, Humor, Excitement. Genres: Comedy, Sport. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Joy, Humor and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 6.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.
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Emotional journey
- Humor
- Hope
- Tension
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Humor | Hope | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Humor | 43 % | 40 % | 18 % | 13 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Humor | 46 % | 41 % | 26 % | 13 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Hope | 49 % | 41 % | 31 % | 13 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Humor | 51 % | 48 % | 24 % | 16 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Humor | 53 % | 53 % | 19 % | 19 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Humor | 55 % | 54 % | 21 % | 20 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Humor | 57 % | 53 % | 21 % | 33 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Humor | 59 % | 53 % | 19 % | 40 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 46′ | Humor | 63 % | 59 % | 15 % | 36 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Humor | 61 % | 59 % | 14 % | 34 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Humor | 56 % | 55 % | 24 % | 26 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Humor | 60 % | 51 % | 40 % | 28 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Joy | 64 % | 42 % | 40 % | 43 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Humor | 60 % | 39 % | 33 % | 44 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Hope | 60 % | 35 % | 40 % | 35 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 84′ | Empathy | 64 % | 31 % | 46 % | 40 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 89′ | Tension | 68 % | 40 % | 50 % | 55 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Hope | 75 % | 44 % | 61 % | 69 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 100′ | Tension | 82 % | 37 % | 68 % | 78 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 105′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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
Lucy Draper
Papke
Olaf Knudson
Ingmar Knudson
Details
- Directed by
- Stan Dragoti
- Written by
- Rick Natkin, David Fuller
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1991
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Joy
- Data updated
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