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Mars Attacks!

1996 · 106 min · Director: Tim Burton ★ IMDb 6.4 · 262,014 ratings

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It is a normal day for everyone, until President of the United States James Dale (Jack Nicholson) announces Martians have been spotted circling Earth. The Martians land and a meeting is arranged, but not everything goes to plan, and the Martians seem to have other plans for Earth. Are they just misunderstood beings or do they really want to destroy all of humanity?

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Mars Attacks! (1996) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Surprise 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor35%
  2. Fear10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Surprise, Excitement. Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Surprise and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Humor
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Humor
Curiosity
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then rises around 33 %, then peaks around 68 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHumorCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity43 %20 %25 %45 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor40 %18 %23 %40 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity45 %19 %25 %46 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Curiosity48 %16 %35 %49 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Curiosity43 %13 %35 %43 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity44 %16 %31 %44 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Curiosity59 %36 %34 %50 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Tension73 %61 %33 %45 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Tension70 %63 %26 %33 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Sadness66 %56 %26 %25 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Tension63 %53 %34 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Humor60 %51 %31 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Tension73 %69 %28 %23 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Tension84 %84 %34 %16 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Tension84 %83 %40 %15 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Tension79 %74 %44 %21 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension74 %66 %38 %30 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Tension73 %51 %28 %23 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Relief72 %27 %27 %10 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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

Glenn Close

Marsha Dale

Annette Bening

Barbara Land

Danny DeVito

Rude Gambler

Martin Short

Jerry Ross

Michael J. Fox

Jason Stone

Rod Steiger

General Decker

TJ
Tom Jones

Tom Jones

Lukas Haas

Richie Norris

Natalie Portman

Taffy Dale

JB
Jim Brown

Byron Williams

LM
Lisa Marie

Martian Girl

SS
Sylvia Sidney

Grandma Norris

Paul Winfield

General Casey

Pam Grier

Louise Williams

Jack Black

Billy Glenn Norris

JR
Janice Rivera

Cindy

RJ
Ray J

Cedric

Details

Directed by
Tim Burton
Written by
Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Jonathan Gems
Type
Movies
Released
1996
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States, Japan, United Kingdom
Genres
Comedy, Sci-Fi
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 262,014 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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