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Quiz Show

1994 · 133 min · Director: Robert Redford ★ IMDb 7.5 · 78,600 ratings

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A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.

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Quiz Show (1994) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Anger 25%, Guilt 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Anger
20%Guilt
  1. Anger25%
  2. Guilt20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Anger, Guilt. Genres: Drama, History, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Anger and Guilt. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Tension
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Anger

Curiosity
Tension
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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 peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityTensionSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity33 %33 %17 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Curiosity38 %38 %23 %6 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Curiosity39 %39 %25 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Curiosity41 %38 %34 %10 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Tension49 %38 %45 %13 %
27.5 %≈ 37′Tension51 %40 %45 %15 %
32.5 %≈ 43′Curiosity48 %45 %39 %16 %
37.5 %≈ 50′Curiosity45 %49 %32 %10 %
42.5 %≈ 57′Curiosity45 %48 %29 %5 %
47.5 %≈ 63′Humor49 %46 %34 %10 %
52.5 %≈ 70′Curiosity55 %49 %48 %18 %
57.5 %≈ 76′Tension54 %46 %53 %16 %
62.5 %≈ 83′Tension53 %46 %53 %14 %
67.5 %≈ 90′Tension57 %53 %57 %18 %
72.5 %≈ 96′Tension60 %51 %60 %23 %
77.5 %≈ 103′Tension63 %44 %61 %26 %
82.5 %≈ 110′Tension68 %38 %63 %35 %
87.5 %≈ 116′Sadness70 %31 %56 %53 %
92.5 %≈ 123′Sadness68 %26 %41 %59 %
97.5 %≈ 130′Anger63 %25 %30 %52 %
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

Rob Morrow

Dick Goodwin

PS
Paul Scofield

Mark Van Doren

David Paymer

Dan Enright

Hank Azaria

Albert Freedman

JC
Johann Carlo

Toby Stempel

EW
Elizabeth Wilson

Dorothy Van Doren

Allan Rich

Robert Kintner

Mira Sorvino

Sandra Goodwin

George Martin

Chairman

Griffin Dunne

Account Guy

Michael Mantell

Pennebaker

BJ
Byron Jennings

Moomaw

Ben Shenkman

Childress

Details

Directed by
Robert Redford
Written by
Paul Attanasio, Richard N. Goodwin
Type
Movies
Released
1994
Runtime
133 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 78,600 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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