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Leave It to Beaver

1997 · 84 min · Director: Andy Cadiff ★ IMDb 5.2 · 4,868 ratings

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The Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio - wise father Ward, loving mother June, teen-age son Wally and 8-year-old "Beaver" Theodore. Beaver hopes to get a bike as a gift from his father and to please him tries out for his school football team and he makes it, only to be embarrassed. The bike he gets is quickly stolen. Meanwhile Wally is trying to help his friend Eddie Haskell to get the heart of pretty classmate Karen, but Karen seems to like Wally more, and that leads to tensions between the friends.

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Leave It to Beaver (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Empathy 20%, Smile 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
20%Smile
  1. Humor35%
  2. Smile20%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Smile. Genres: Comedy, Family. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Smile. Its IMDb rating of 5.2/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 57/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Joy
  • Relief

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

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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 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorJoyRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor42 %42 %22 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Humor45 %43 %24 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Joy51 %43 %39 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Joy55 %45 %45 %13 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Humor53 %46 %26 %5 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Humor50 %45 %10 %3 %
32.5 %≈ 27′Humor49 %46 %11 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Humor49 %45 %16 %10 %
42.5 %≈ 36′Tension51 %39 %15 %11 %
47.5 %≈ 40′Empathy51 %38 %13 %10 %
52.5 %≈ 44′Humor49 %43 %11 %4 %
57.5 %≈ 48′Humor48 %44 %9 %1 %
62.5 %≈ 53′Humor49 %41 %8 %3 %
67.5 %≈ 57′Empathy50 %41 %9 %4 %
72.5 %≈ 61′Humor49 %44 %11 %6 %
77.5 %≈ 65′Humor51 %39 %10 %5 %
82.5 %≈ 69′Tension61 %26 %13 %15 %
87.5 %≈ 74′Empathy71 %24 %35 %44 %
92.5 %≈ 78′Joy74 %38 %60 %59 %
97.5 %≈ 82′Joy70 %50 %65 %55 %
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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

CF
Cameron Finley

CF
Cameron Finley

Beaver Cleaver

Ev
Erik von Detten

Wally Cleaver

AZ
Adam Zolotin

Eddie Haskell Jr.

AR
Alan Rachins

Fred Rutherford

GP
Grace Phillips

Miss Landers

Geoff Pierson

Coach Gordon

KO
Ken Osmond

Eddie Haskell Sr.

JR
Justin Restivo

Lumpy

MC
Matthew Carey

Kyle

GW
Glenn Walker Harris Jr.

Kid

Details

Directed by
Andy Cadiff
Written by
Brian Levant, Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Type
Movies
Released
1997
Runtime
84 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy, Family
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.2 · 4,868 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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