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Gas Food Lodging

1992 · 101 min · Director: Allison Anders ★ IMDb 6.6 · 4,865 ratings

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In the boring desert of New Mexico, a single mother raises her two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, whose deepest desire is to leave the dead calm town. Shade is the type to escape in her extravagant fantasies while Trudi is so rebelious it could drive her away.

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Gas Food Lodging (1992) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Melancholy 25%, Hope 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Melancholy, Hope. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Melancholy and Hope. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Sadness
Empathy
Love
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 3 %, then rises around 38 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor37 %13 %27 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor43 %16 %28 %11 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension51 %29 %38 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Sadness54 %39 %45 %13 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Sadness50 %36 %43 %19 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor46 %25 %36 %26 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor48 %11 %29 %31 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Love61 %24 %41 %32 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Empathy75 %55 %66 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Sadness69 %59 %66 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Empathy59 %49 %55 %21 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Sadness64 %55 %59 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Sadness70 %55 %63 %27 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Tension69 %44 %57 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Empathy69 %48 %61 %24 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Empathy64 %41 %56 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Humor61 %21 %45 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Love74 %34 %59 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Sadness85 %68 %76 %56 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Sadness88 %83 %80 %62 %
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

IS
Ione Skye

Ione Skye

Trudi

James Brolin

John Evans

DL
David Lansbury

Hamlet

Jacob Vargas

Javier

DL
Donovan Leitch

Darius

Chris Mulkey

Raymond

LO
Laurie O'Brien

Thelma

JC
Julie Condra

Tanya

AB
Adam Biesk

Brett

LH
Leigh Hamilton

Kim

DB
Diane Behrens

Hostess

JM
J. Mascis

Cecil

TA
Tiffany Anders

Persi

SB
Sissy Boyd

Rocio

JM
Jeffrey McDonald

Long Haired Boy

BK
Bill Kemp

Jock

GL
Graci Lund

Girl

Details

Directed by
Allison Anders
Written by
Allison Anders, Richard Peck
Type
Movies
Released
1992
Runtime
101 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 4,865 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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