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Twenty Bucks

1993 · 91 min · Director: Keva Rosenfeld ★ IMDb 6.3 · 4,384 ratings

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The film follows a $20 bill from its ATM birth to its eventual demise. Along the way, the note weaves in and out of the lives of a street person, an aspiring writer, a stripper, two thieves, and many others in surprising and inventive ways.

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Twenty Bucks (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Surprise 22%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor20%
  2. Hope12%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Surprise, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Surprise and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Humor
Tension
Empathy
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 48 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor42 %38 %22 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor48 %39 %15 %21 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Hope57 %41 %16 %30 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor60 %48 %31 %26 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor53 %45 %36 %23 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor46 %38 %33 %19 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Tension49 %39 %39 %14 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Humor57 %45 %50 %13 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Tension66 %44 %60 %16 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Tension74 %36 %69 %24 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Tension71 %35 %58 %26 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Humor61 %35 %34 %32 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Empathy55 %29 %25 %38 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Humor50 %35 %18 %24 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Humor55 %45 %13 %25 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Sadness66 %39 %15 %50 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Empathy68 %31 %15 %59 %
87.5 %≈ 80′Hope61 %34 %16 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Hope51 %30 %13 %26 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Hope42 %15 %5 %15 %
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

Linda Hunt

Angeline

SS
Sam Sorbo

Anna Holiday

GM
George Morfogen

Jack Holiday

CT
Concetta Tomei

Sam's Mother

Melora Walters

Stripper / Funeral Director

GK
Gladys Knight

Mrs. McCormac

David Schwimmer

Neil Campbell

Diane Baker

Ruth Adams

AN
Alan North

Bruce Adams

BB
Bubba Baker

Buddha

Rosemary Murphy

Aunt Dotty

PM
Peggy Miley

Aunt Zoha

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Ghada Holiday

Details

Directed by
Keva Rosenfeld
Written by
Leslie Bohem, Endre Bohem
Type
Movies
Released
1993
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.3 · 4,384 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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