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Home for the Holidays

1995 · 103 min · Director: Jodie Foster ★ IMDb 6.6 · 16,368 ratings

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After losing her job, making out with her soon to be ex-boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson has to face spending the holiday with her family. She wonders if she can survive their crazy antics.

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Home for the Holidays (1995) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Empathy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
20%Love
  1. Humor30%
  2. Love20%

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Why it feels this way

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

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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AI · from subtitlesapproximate
  • Humor
  • Love
  • Empathy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Humor
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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 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorLoveEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness32 %15 %10 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness38 %25 %14 %26 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor43 %35 %15 %24 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor43 %38 %12 %22 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor46 %44 %12 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor50 %48 %13 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor49 %42 %10 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Sadness47 %38 %11 %31 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Humor46 %41 %16 %27 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Humor47 %42 %17 %25 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Humor50 %37 %14 %31 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Tension53 %30 %12 %39 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Sadness53 %33 %14 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Humor49 %39 %17 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Love47 %30 %21 %33 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Tension52 %22 %26 %43 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Love52 %27 %37 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Love55 %26 %49 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Love55 %15 %51 %39 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Love48 %6 %45 %26 %

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Cast

Charles Durning

Henry Larson

Dylan McDermott

Leo Fish

Geraldine Chaplin

Aunt Glady

Steve Guttenberg

Walter Wedman

Cynthia Stevenson

Joanne Larson Wedman

Claire Danes

Kitt Larson

EA
Emily Ann Lloyd

Brittany Lace

ZD
Zack Duhame

Walter Wedman Jr.

Austin Pendleton

Peter Arnold

David Strathairn

Russell Terziak

AY
Amy Yasbeck

Ginny Johnson Drewer

CL
Celeste Lecesne

Ron Drewer

AP
Angela Paton

Woman on Airplane

RS
Randy Stone

Man in Car

SS
Sam Slovick

Jack

SL
Susan Lyall

Woman at Party

Shawn Hatosy

Counter Boy

Details

Directed by
Jodie Foster
Written by
W.D. Richter, Chris Radant
Type
Movies
Released
1995
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 16,368 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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