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Flesh and Bone

1993 · 126 min · Director: Steve Kloves ★ IMDb 6.3 · 6,629 ratings

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Around thirty years after Arlis witnessed his father murdering a family, he runs into Kay, who happens to be the family's baby, who was spared. Kay and Arlis suspect nothing about each other, but when his father returns, old wounds are reopened.

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Flesh and Bone (1993) — 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. Love10%

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Disturbing
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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 peaks around 3 %, then dips around 18 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension74 %71 %55 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Disturbing69 %63 %54 %31 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Not enough subtitle evidence46 %31 %25 %16 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Empathy32 %13 %5 %5 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Empathy34 %17 %5 %9 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Tension43 %34 %14 %18 %
32.5 %≈ 41′Tension54 %41 %23 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 47′Empathy50 %27 %18 %27 %
42.5 %≈ 54′Love43 %27 %15 %18 %
47.5 %≈ 60′Tension50 %45 %26 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 66′Tension60 %59 %40 %19 %
57.5 %≈ 72′Tension63 %61 %47 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 79′Tension64 %58 %46 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 85′Love64 %54 %43 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 91′Tension59 %51 %33 %37 %
77.5 %≈ 98′Empathy61 %56 %35 %35 %
82.5 %≈ 104′Tension76 %73 %60 %42 %
87.5 %≈ 110′Tension86 %81 %75 %52 %
92.5 %≈ 117′Sadness79 %65 %60 %60 %
97.5 %≈ 123′Sadness68 %43 %40 %62 %
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

Meg Ryan

Kay Davies

JM
Julia McNeal

Sarah Willets

RK
Ron Kuhlman

Clem Willets

JS
Jerry Swindall

Young Arlis

RB
Ryan Bohls

Scotty Willets

EP
Ez Perez

Boy in Suit

CE
Craig Erickson

Tiny Ted

BA
Barbara Alyn Woods

Cindy

JB
Joe Berryman

Plump Man

Scott Wilson

Elliot

GJ
Gerardo Johnson

Juan

HG
Hector Garcia

Nestor

VP
Vic Polizos

Pudge Riley

NH
Nik Hagler

Earl

Details

Directed by
Steve Kloves
Written by
Steve Kloves
Type
Movies
Released
1993
Runtime
126 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.3 · 6,629 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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