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The Beautician and the Beast

1997 · 105 min · Director: Ken Kwapis ★ IMDb 5.5 · 10,734 ratings

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A beautician in America is mistakenly thought to be an academic teacher by a representative of an Eastern European dictator. She is invited to their country on that mistaken belief and is asked to be the tutor of the dictator's children. While there, she tries to Westernize the whole country.

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The Beautician and the Beast (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Love 25%, Surprise 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
25%Love
  1. Humor35%
  2. Love25%
  3. Hope15%

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

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Love
  • Relief

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

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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 23 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorLoveRelief
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor57 %55 %7 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor57 %54 %3 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor56 %53 %2 %9 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor54 %51 %12 %1 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Humor53 %46 %22 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Humor56 %39 %21 %5 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Tension60 %39 %16 %5 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Humor59 %41 %13 %6 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Tension57 %39 %18 %8 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Humor55 %43 %27 %8 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Humor54 %49 %29 %8 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Humor56 %53 %25 %9 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Humor56 %55 %20 %10 %
67.5 %≈ 71′Humor59 %54 %30 %10 %
72.5 %≈ 76′Love66 %48 %54 %18 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Love69 %40 %54 %28 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension68 %32 %35 %20 %
87.5 %≈ 92′Sadness65 %29 %26 %16 %
92.5 %≈ 97′Relief66 %41 %36 %39 %
97.5 %≈ 102′Love75 %55 %58 %58 %
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

Timothy Dalton

Boris Pochenko

Michael Lerner

Jerry Miller

Ian McNeice

Ira Grushinsky

Patrick Malahide

Leonid Kleist

LJ
Lisa Jakub

Katrina Pochenko

TM
Tamara Mello

Consuela

PN
Phyllis Newman

Judy Miller

HD
Heather DeLoach

Masha Pochenko

AL
Adam LaVorgna

Karl Pochenko

MI
Michael Immel

Stage Manager

CR
Celeste Russi

Lupe

MH
Michael Horton

Fairytale Prince (voice)

Details

Directed by
Ken Kwapis
Written by
Todd Graff
Type
Movies
Released
1997
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States, Czech Republic
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 10,734 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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