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Camp Nowhere

1994 · 96 min · Director: Jonathan Prince ★ IMDb 6.1 · 11,792 ratings

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Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his friends, he realises that they are all facing the same sentence: a boring summer camp. Together with his friends, he hatches a plan to trick all the parents into sending them to a camp of his own design, which would actually be a parent-free paradise. Blackmailing former drama teacher Dennis Van Welker into helping, they must convince the parents that the camp is genuine, and that they aren't allowed to visit...

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Camp Nowhere (1994) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Joy 35%, Humor 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Joy
25%Humor
  1. Joy35%
  2. Humor25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Joy, Humor, Excitement. Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Family. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Joy, Humor and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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  • Humor
  • Joy
  • Relief

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorJoyRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor43 %40 %12 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor50 %48 %14 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor55 %54 %16 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor60 %53 %31 %15 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Joy64 %49 %52 %19 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Joy62 %49 %54 %11 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor59 %51 %38 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor55 %51 %24 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Humor53 %51 %24 %8 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Humor58 %56 %24 %11 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Humor58 %54 %19 %14 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Humor53 %40 %23 %10 %
62.5 %≈ 60′Empathy54 %34 %25 %6 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Tension60 %43 %21 %4 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Humor65 %56 %25 %5 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Humor70 %59 %26 %10 %
82.5 %≈ 79′Tension70 %46 %16 %11 %
87.5 %≈ 84′Empathy67 %39 %20 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 89′Relief66 %46 %35 %36 %
97.5 %≈ 94′Humor61 %53 %35 %23 %
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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

JJ
Jonathan Jackson

JJ
Jonathan Jackson

Morris 'Mud' Himmel

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Andrew Keegan

Zack Dell

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Marnette Patterson

Trish Prescott

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Melody Kay

Gaby Nowicki

M. Emmet Walsh

T.R. Polk

WM
Wendy Makkena

Celeste Dunbar

Kate Mulgrew

Rachel Prescott

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Peter Scolari

Donald Himmel

Thomas F. Wilson

Lt. Eliot Hendricks

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Hillary Tuck

Betty Stoller

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Devin Oatway

Tim

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Ian Christopher Scott

Warren

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Romy Walthall

Nancy Himmel

Ray Baker

Norris Prescott

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Allison Mack

Heather

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Joshua Gibran Mayweather

Walter Welton

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John Putch

Neil Garbus

Details

Directed by
Jonathan Prince
Written by
Andrew Kurtzman, Eliot Wald, Eliot Wald, Andrew Kurtzman
Type
Movies
Released
1994
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 11,792 ratings
Feels mostly
Joy
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