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The Player

1992 · 124 min · Director: Robert Altman ★ IMDb 7.5 · 73,338 ratings

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Events in the life of a Hollywood studio executive, unfold with the same unrealistic positive coincidences, ultimately culminating to a "happy ending", much like the movie scripts, with which he works day in and out, after he accidentally murders someone.

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The Player (1992) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Confusion 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor30%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Confusion, Anxiety. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Confusion and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Love

Tension
Curiosity
Humor
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 peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityHumor
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity30 %12 %28 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor34 %20 %29 %24 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Tension39 %30 %31 %26 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Humor41 %30 %36 %25 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Curiosity49 %36 %43 %19 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Tension54 %48 %41 %18 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Tension53 %49 %39 %21 %
37.5 %≈ 47′Tension54 %43 %39 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 53′Sadness50 %33 %35 %20 %
47.5 %≈ 59′Curiosity43 %29 %34 %26 %
52.5 %≈ 65′Curiosity46 %38 %36 %29 %
57.5 %≈ 71′Tension55 %44 %35 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 78′Love50 %34 %28 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 84′Tension43 %33 %26 %20 %
72.5 %≈ 90′Tension49 %48 %35 %20 %
77.5 %≈ 96′Tension57 %48 %36 %19 %
82.5 %≈ 102′Love63 %43 %35 %18 %
87.5 %≈ 109′Tension64 %50 %38 %23 %
92.5 %≈ 115′Humor60 %50 %35 %32 %
97.5 %≈ 121′Tension58 %47 %35 %38 %
Oedipus

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

Fred Ward

Walter Stuckel

Whoopi Goldberg

Detective Avery

Peter Gallagher

Larry Levy

Brion James

Joel Levison

Cynthia Stevenson

Bonnie Sherow

Vincent D'Onofrio

David Kahane

Dean Stockwell

Andy Civella

Richard E. Grant

Tom Oakley

Sydney Pollack

Dick Mellen

LL
Lyle Lovett

Detective DeLongpre

DM
Dina Merrill

Celia

AH
Angela Hall

Jan

LA
Leah Ayres

Sandy

PH
Paul Hewitt

Jimmy Chase

RB
Randall Batinkoff

Reg Goldman

Jeremy Piven

Steve Reeves

Gina Gershon

Whitney Gersh

FB
Frank Barhydt

Frank Murphy

Details

Directed by
Robert Altman
Written by
Michael Tolkin
Type
Movies
Released
1992
Runtime
124 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 73,338 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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