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Far and Away

1992 · 140 min · Director: Ron Howard ★ IMDb 6.6 · 73,658 ratings

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A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father and they dream of owning land at the big give-away in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving money. The man becomes a local bare-hands boxer and rides in glory until he is beaten, then his employers steal all the couple's money and they must fight off starvation in the winter and try to keep their dream of owning land alive. Meanwhile, the woman's parents find out where she has gone and have come to the U.S. to find her and take her back.

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Far and Away (1992) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Hope 30%, Love 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Hope
25%Love
  1. Hope30%
  2. Love25%
  3. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Hope, Love, Excitement. Genres: Drama, Romance, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Hope, Love and Excitement. 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

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  • Tension
  • Hope
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Love

Tension
Hope
Sadness
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 57 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHopeSadness
2.5 %≈ 4′Tension63 %48 %7 %25 %
7.5 %≈ 11′Humor56 %30 %15 %29 %
12.5 %≈ 18′Humor52 %28 %16 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 25′Tension56 %44 %14 %6 %
22.5 %≈ 32′Humor56 %49 %25 %6 %
27.5 %≈ 39′Tension59 %51 %40 %9 %
32.5 %≈ 46′Hope58 %48 %43 %13 %
37.5 %≈ 53′Hope55 %44 %34 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 60′Tension59 %48 %25 %31 %
47.5 %≈ 67′Humor56 %39 %28 %16 %
52.5 %≈ 74′Hope56 %38 %30 %9 %
57.5 %≈ 81′Tension66 %56 %19 %24 %
62.5 %≈ 88′Tension76 %70 %14 %46 %
67.5 %≈ 95′Sadness76 %65 %24 %57 %
72.5 %≈ 102′Sadness66 %46 %36 %45 %
77.5 %≈ 109′Hope57 %34 %45 %29 %
82.5 %≈ 116′Hope61 %44 %44 %21 %
87.5 %≈ 123′Tension76 %66 %40 %28 %
92.5 %≈ 130′Love80 %61 %45 %40 %
97.5 %≈ 137′Hope70 %32 %53 %32 %
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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

TG
Thomas Gibson

Stephen Chase

Robert Prosky

Daniel Christie

BB
Barbara Babcock

Nora Christie

Cyril Cusack

Danty Duff

EP
Eileen Pollock

Mary Kay

DG
Douglas Gillison

Dermody

WG
Wayne Grace

Bourke

NT
Niall Tóibín

Joe Donnelly

Jared Harris

Paddy Donnelly

SO
Steven O'Donnell

Colm Donnelly

BM
Barry McGovern

McGuire

GL
Gary Lee Davis

Gordon

PL
Peadar Lamb

Farmer

MM
Mark Mulholland

Peasant

PB
P.J. Brady

Peasant

WM
Wesley Murphy

Landlord

Details

Directed by
Ron Howard
Written by
Ron Howard, Bob Dolman
Type
Movies
Released
1992
Runtime
140 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 73,658 ratings
Feels mostly
Hope
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