The Joy Luck Club
1993 · 139 min · Director: Wayne Wang
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Through a series of flashbacks, four young chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China, explore their past. This search will help them understand their difficult mother/daughter relationship.
Emotional fingerprint
The Joy Luck Club (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Love. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Empathy
- Love
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Love |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Hope | 47 % | 25 % | 35 % | 28 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 10′ | Tension | 56 % | 41 % | 46 % | 26 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Sadness | 65 % | 55 % | 60 % | 26 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Empathy | 66 % | 49 % | 60 % | 18 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Hope | 63 % | 40 % | 53 % | 10 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Sadness | 57 % | 39 % | 48 % | 13 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Tension | 56 % | 39 % | 48 % | 23 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Sadness | 66 % | 55 % | 60 % | 28 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Sadness | 71 % | 65 % | 66 % | 19 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Empathy | 61 % | 50 % | 57 % | 19 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Empathy | 61 % | 48 % | 57 % | 33 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Sadness | 65 % | 52 % | 60 % | 43 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Love | 60 % | 48 % | 56 % | 39 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 94′ | Sadness | 68 % | 59 % | 64 % | 30 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 101′ | Sadness | 79 % | 74 % | 73 % | 30 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 108′ | Sadness | 76 % | 70 % | 71 % | 39 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 115′ | Empathy | 71 % | 63 % | 69 % | 53 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 122′ | Love | 73 % | 63 % | 69 % | 64 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 129′ | Love | 81 % | 70 % | 75 % | 74 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 136′ | Love | 88 % | 75 % | 80 % | 82 % |
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
Ying-Ying St. Clair
Rich
Lindo - Age 15
Ying Ying - Age 16-25
Details
- Directed by
- Wayne Wang
- Written by
- Ron Bass, Amy Tan, Ronald Bass
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1993
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Country
- United States
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
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