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My Life

1993 · 114 min · Director: Bruce Joel Rubin ★ IMDb 6.8 · 13,126 ratings

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Life is going well for Bob Jones: great job, beautiful loving wife and a baby on the way. Then he finds out that he has kidney cancer that will leave him dead within months. He sets out to videotape his life's acquired wisdom for his child, and ends up on a voyage of self-discovery and reconciliation.

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My Life (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 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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The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Love. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Love
  • Joy

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Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Joy

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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 dips around 3 %, then rises around 53 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessLoveJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness45 %40 %12 %14 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sadness53 %46 %18 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor58 %49 %24 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Sadness63 %55 %29 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Sadness61 %50 %25 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Humor55 %40 %28 %19 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Love63 %52 %50 %21 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Sadness70 %63 %54 %14 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Sadness61 %47 %36 %19 %
47.5 %≈ 54′Joy56 %35 %30 %30 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Sadness65 %50 %32 %22 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Sadness74 %54 %43 %24 %
62.5 %≈ 71′Love74 %40 %57 %44 %
67.5 %≈ 77′Sadness74 %34 %62 %58 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Love82 %41 %68 %61 %
77.5 %≈ 88′Sadness85 %61 %69 %42 %
82.5 %≈ 94′Love84 %72 %71 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 100′Sadness86 %74 %76 %34 %
92.5 %≈ 105′Love91 %79 %84 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 111′Sadness94 %87 %90 %38 %
Rags to riches

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

Michael Constantine

Bill Ivanovich

RS
Rebecca Schull

Rose Ivanovich

HS
Haing S. Ngor

Mr. Ho

ML
Mark Lowenthal

Dr. Mills

Lee Garlington

Carol Sandman

TS
Toni Sawyer

Doris

RR
Romy Rosemont

Anya Stasiuk

DR
Danny Rimmer

Young Bobbie

Richard Schiff

Young Bill Ivanovich

Queen Latifah

Theresa

Rd
Ruth de Sosa

Young Rose Ivanovich

ST
Stephen Taylor Knott

Young Paul Ivanovich

AC
Andrew Camuccio

Baby Brian

BC
Brian Camuccio

Baby Brian

CG
Colby Garabedian

Little Boy Brian

MA
Mary Ann Thebus

Miss Morgenstern

BS
Brenda Strong

Laura

Details

Directed by
Bruce Joel Rubin
Written by
Bruce Joel Rubin
Type
Movies
Released
1993
Runtime
114 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 13,126 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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