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Dirty Work

1998 · 82 min · Director: Bob Saget, Bob Saget ★ IMDb 6.4 · 33,554 ratings

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Mitch and Sam have to come up with $50,000 and fast! The only problem is neither one can hold down a job. Mitch finds a way to money by exploiting the only talents the two have, by opening a "Revenge For Hire" business.

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Emotional fingerprint

Dirty Work (1998) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 40%, Satisfaction 20%, Love 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor40%
  2. Love15%

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Why it feels this way

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

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Satisfaction and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Relief
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Humor
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 8 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorReliefTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor58 %57 %0 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Humor55 %54 %0 %19 %
12.5 %≈ 10′Humor58 %56 %1 %25 %
17.5 %≈ 14′Humor62 %58 %3 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 18′Humor61 %55 %1 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Humor63 %60 %1 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 27′Humor64 %64 %3 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 31′Humor63 %61 %1 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 35′Humor66 %57 %3 %43 %
47.5 %≈ 39′Tension67 %53 %9 %53 %
52.5 %≈ 43′Humor61 %53 %11 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 47′Humor59 %55 %15 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 51′Humor61 %50 %19 %29 %
67.5 %≈ 55′Sadness59 %43 %10 %31 %
72.5 %≈ 59′Sadness58 %43 %8 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 64′Hope61 %51 %14 %23 %
82.5 %≈ 68′Humor67 %63 %14 %29 %
87.5 %≈ 72′Humor72 %68 %23 %34 %
92.5 %≈ 76′Humor71 %66 %40 %23 %
97.5 %≈ 80′Humor68 %65 %47 %10 %
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

AL
Artie Lange

Sam

AL
Artie Lange

TH
Traylor Howard

Kathy

Chevy Chase

Dr. Farthing

Don Rickles

Hamilton

PS
Polly Shannon

Toni-Ann

David Koechner

Anton Phillips

Rebecca Romijn

Bearded Lady

GC
Gary Coleman

Gary Coleman

KN
Ken Norton

Ken Norton

BR
Bradley Reid

Mitch (at 8 Years Old)

MS
Matt Steinberg

Mitch (at 16 years old)

JS
Joseph Sicilia

Sam (at 8 Years Old)

AP
Austin Pool

Sam (at 16 Years Old)

GM
Gerry Mendicino

Manetti

AF
A. Frank Ruffo

Aldo

HA
Hrant Alianak

Kirkpatrick

MV
Michael Vollans

Derek (at 10 Years Old)

Details

Directed by
Bob Saget, Bob Saget
Written by
Fred Wolf, Frank Sebastiano, Norm MacDonald
Type
Movies
Released
1998
Runtime
82 min
Country
Canada, United States
Genres
Comedy
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 33,554 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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