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The Sixth Man

1997 · 108 min · Director: Randall Miller, Randall Miller ★ IMDb 5.7 · 6,925 ratings

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Antoine and Kenny Tyler are NCAA college basketball players, and Antoine is the star of the team. Suddenly Antoine dies of a heart attack and Kenny has to fill his shoes as leader of the team. Some time later, Antoine returns as a ghost and helps Kenny in game and in life, but Kenny changes in the process and doesn't quite like it.

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The Sixth Man (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Excitement 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love20%
  2. Humor10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Excitement, Love. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Excitement
  • Humor
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Love

Excitement
Humor
Sadness
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 13 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityExcitementHumorSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Excitement45 %40 %27 %5 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Excitement50 %39 %38 %2 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor59 %33 %38 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension75 %25 %18 %38 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Sadness78 %14 %9 %63 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Sadness63 %20 %23 %44 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Excitement60 %39 %41 %15 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Love68 %49 %55 %6 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Excitement69 %48 %61 %3 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Humor68 %36 %64 %2 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Humor66 %39 %63 %2 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Humor63 %40 %59 %2 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Humor61 %32 %51 %8 %
67.5 %≈ 73′Excitement63 %32 %35 %19 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Tension63 %30 %23 %25 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Tension65 %29 %16 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 89′Sadness68 %31 %9 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Tension73 %50 %5 %31 %
92.5 %≈ 100′Excitement84 %70 %10 %26 %
97.5 %≈ 105′Love90 %68 %18 %43 %
Icarus

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

Kadeem Hardison

Antoine Tyler

David Paymer

Coach Pederson

MM
Michael Michele

R.C. St. John

Octavia Spencer

Nativity Watson

SM
Saundra McClain

Camille Tyler

HS
Harold Sylvester

James Tyler

Kevin Dunn

Mikulski

CS
Chris Spencer

Jimmy Stubbs

CT
Chris Turner

Jordy

GJ
Gary Jones

Gertz

VC
Vladimir Cuk

Zigi Hrbacek

TF
Travis Ford

Danny O'Grady

JK
Jack Karuletwa

Luther LaSalle

KB
Kirk Baily

Coach Nichols

DS
Danielle Saklofsky

Cheryl

SL
Scott LaRose

Ernie

EP
Emil Pinnock

Young Antoine

AL
Allan Lindo

Young Kenny

Details

Written by
Christopher Reed, Cynthia Carle, Don Rhymer, Christopher Reed
Type
Movies
Released
1997
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.7 · 6,925 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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