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Leaving Las Vegas

1995 · 111 min · Director: Mike Figgis ★ IMDb 7.5 · 147,432 ratings

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Because his wife left him and took his son with her, screenwriter Ben Sanderson has started drinking, a lot. He's getting more and more isolated and he troubles women in bars because he wants to have sex with them. When he gets fired, he decides to leave everything behind and move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. In Las Vegas he meets Sera, a prostitute with some problems as well who he moves in with.

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Leaving Las Vegas (1995) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Love 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

15%Love
  1. Love15%
  2. Guilt10%

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Love. 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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  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Sadness
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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 rises around 18 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Not enough subtitle evidence36 %13 %15 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness40 %28 %26 %7 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Sadness45 %35 %36 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Disturbing60 %43 %50 %3 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Disturbing69 %50 %59 %4 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Sadness61 %49 %54 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Sadness54 %44 %49 %21 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Empathy52 %39 %48 %30 %
42.5 %≈ 47′Sadness58 %41 %53 %43 %
47.5 %≈ 53′Love62 %40 %56 %53 %
52.5 %≈ 58′Love60 %34 %51 %51 %
57.5 %≈ 64′Tension61 %33 %48 %48 %
62.5 %≈ 69′Love57 %29 %45 %48 %
67.5 %≈ 75′Love54 %25 %40 %45 %
72.5 %≈ 80′Tension61 %36 %46 %41 %
77.5 %≈ 86′Sadness72 %55 %61 %31 %
82.5 %≈ 92′Disturbing78 %64 %69 %13 %
87.5 %≈ 97′Sadness81 %69 %74 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 103′Love84 %75 %78 %57 %
97.5 %≈ 108′Sadness85 %78 %77 %75 %
Oedipus

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

RL
Richard Lewis

Peter

Steven Weber

Marc Nussbaum

KA
Kim Adams

Sheila

EP
Emily Procter

Debbie

SR
Stuart Regen

Man At Bar

Graham Beckel

L.A. Bartender

AH
Albert Henderson

Man at Strip Bar

SB
Shashi Bhatia

Hispanic Prostitute

CL
Carey Lowell

Bank Teller

AL
Anne Lange

Business Colleague

TK
Thomas Kopache

Mr. Simpson

VW
Vincent Ward

Businessman 1

Lucinda Jenney

Weird Woman

French Stewart

Businessman 2

Ed Lauter

Mobster 3

WK
Waldemar Kalinowski

Mobster 2

Details

Directed by
Mike Figgis
Written by
Mike Figgis, John O'Brien
Type
Movies
Released
1995
Runtime
111 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 147,432 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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