Best Men
1997 · 90 min · Director: Tamra Davis
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The film opens with four tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girlfriend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to pick up some cash. As it turns out, he is a wanted bank robber who uses Shakespeare passages during his robberies and thus has become known as "Hamlet". Soon all five men are caught up in the bank and involved in the robbery as they end up in a hostage situation. The hostage negotiator shows up who turns out to be Hamlet's father. As the men are all known to those being robbed, this quirky comedy takes a left turn as their hostages all work to support the men.
Emotional fingerprint
Best Men (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 32%, Excitement 25%, Tension 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Humor32%
- Excitement25%
- Tension18%
- Love15%
- Surprise10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Tension. Genres: Comedy, Crime, Action. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Sympathy
- Humor
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sympathy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Sympathy | Humor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Humor | 38 % | 12 % | 10 % | 38 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Humor | 46 % | 24 % | 15 % | 43 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 11′ | Tension | 56 % | 45 % | 19 % | 46 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Humor | 61 % | 58 % | 24 % | 48 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Tension | 61 % | 59 % | 31 % | 43 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Tension | 56 % | 53 % | 35 % | 36 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 29′ | Humor | 55 % | 43 % | 31 % | 43 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Humor | 57 % | 36 % | 28 % | 50 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Humor | 54 % | 33 % | 34 % | 43 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Sympathy | 54 % | 35 % | 45 % | 36 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Tension | 61 % | 50 % | 51 % | 40 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Sympathy | 65 % | 61 % | 46 % | 41 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Tension | 66 % | 56 % | 44 % | 35 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Sympathy | 70 % | 53 % | 55 % | 25 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 65′ | Tension | 75 % | 66 % | 59 % | 24 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Tension | 80 % | 80 % | 51 % | 27 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Tension | 84 % | 84 % | 50 % | 23 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 79′ | Tension | 86 % | 85 % | 61 % | 16 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Sadness | 79 % | 66 % | 61 % | 13 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Relief | 63 % | 35 % | 45 % | 8 % |
Riches to rags
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
Details
- Directed by
- Tamra Davis
- Written by
- Art Edler Brown, Tracy Fraim, Tracy Fraim, Art Brown
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1997
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Humor
- Data updated
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