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Jeffrey

1995 · 92 min · Director: Christopher Ashley ★ IMDb 6.8 · 7,227 ratings

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Jeffrey, a young gay man in New York, decides that sex is too much and decides to become celibate. He immediately meets the man of his dreams and must decide whether or not love is worth the danger of a boyfriend dying.

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

25%Love
  1. Love25%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

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

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Love and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Love
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Anxiety

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

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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 dips around 57 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorLoveSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor55 %55 %20 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor59 %59 %28 %1 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor64 %64 %26 %1 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor61 %57 %24 %4 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Love58 %50 %35 %5 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor59 %54 %35 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Humor60 %58 %24 %14 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Humor57 %54 %25 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Love60 %41 %36 %32 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Anxiety66 %35 %38 %48 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Humor60 %40 %26 %49 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Sadness55 %38 %20 %44 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Anxiety63 %35 %23 %46 %
67.5 %≈ 62′Sadness69 %39 %26 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Hope68 %44 %26 %23 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Humor70 %40 %29 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 76′Sadness77 %28 %36 %66 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Sadness77 %31 %48 %60 %
92.5 %≈ 85′Hope73 %31 %60 %33 %
97.5 %≈ 90′Love67 %17 %63 %23 %
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

Patrick Stewart

Sterling

PJ
Peter Jacobson

MT
Michael T. Weiss

Steve Howard

BB
Bryan Batt

Darius

Nathan Lane

Father Dan

Sigourney Weaver

Debra Moorhouse

Olympia Dukakis

Mrs. Marcangelo

Robert Klein

Skip Winkley

Christine Baranski

Ann Marwood Bartle

Kathy Najimy

Acolyte

KT
K. Todd Freeman

Barney's Waiter

Camryn Manheim

Single Woman

Alice Drummond

Grandma Rose

Details

Directed by
Christopher Ashley
Written by
Paul Rudnick
Type
Movies
Released
1995
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 7,227 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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