Heaven's Prisoners
1996 · 132 min · Director: Phil Joanou
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Ex-detective Dave Robicheaux has made a new life for himself and his wife Annie running a bait shop in the outskirts of New Orleans. When they save a little girl, the sole survivor of a plane crash, their lives become forever changed. They take the orphan child into their home and prepare to raise her. However, a visit from DEA agent Dautrieve brings out the detective instincts in Robicheaux and he begins to ask about the rest of the passengers. This brings trouble to Robicheaux and he turns to drug lord Bubba Rocque, a childhood friend. But the friendship becomes estranged when an assault on the Robicheaux home leaves one victim...Annie.
Emotional fingerprint
Heaven's Prisoners (1996) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 30%, Anxiety 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Anxiety, Sadness. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Empathy
- Sadness
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Empathy | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Empathy | 60 % | 43 % | 48 % | 27 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 10′ | Tension | 71 % | 54 % | 54 % | 34 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Empathy | 73 % | 49 % | 55 % | 40 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Curiosity | 61 % | 45 % | 36 % | 23 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Curiosity | 56 % | 49 % | 28 % | 11 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Tension | 61 % | 56 % | 34 % | 16 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Tension | 66 % | 65 % | 32 % | 15 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Tension | 68 % | 68 % | 34 % | 18 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Tension | 74 % | 70 % | 51 % | 43 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Sadness | 85 % | 63 % | 76 % | 76 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 69′ | Sadness | 81 % | 46 % | 74 % | 75 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Tension | 73 % | 55 % | 45 % | 44 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Tension | 73 % | 65 % | 35 % | 30 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 89′ | Empathy | 65 % | 51 % | 41 % | 33 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 96′ | Curiosity | 60 % | 50 % | 35 % | 29 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 102′ | Curiosity | 69 % | 65 % | 33 % | 28 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 109′ | Tension | 73 % | 69 % | 45 % | 30 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 116′ | Empathy | 71 % | 66 % | 55 % | 39 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 122′ | Tension | 77 % | 73 % | 58 % | 53 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 129′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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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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Details
- Directed by
- Phil Joanou
- Written by
- Harley Peyton, Scott Frank, James Lee Burke, Harley Peyton
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1996
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Tension
- Data updated
Where to watch
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