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Half Baked

1998 · 82 min · Director: Tamra Davis ★ IMDb 6.6 · 71,690 ratings

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After Kenny accidentaly kills a cop's diabetic horse by feeding it the food he purchased from a munchie run, he is put in jail and is given a 1 million dollar bail. The rest of the group must bail Kenny out before Nasty Nate gets to him. The group decides to sell marijuana that Thurgood gets through his job as a janitor at a pharmaceutical lab. They become pals with rap star Sir Smoke-A-Lot and the rivals of dealer Samson Simpson. On the side, Thurgood seeks the love of Mary Jane, an anti-pot daughter of a dealer. What follows is typical pothead behaviour with a ton of cameos. Look carefully.

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Half Baked (1998) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 45%, Smile 25%, Excitement 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor45%
  2. Smile25%
  3. Love10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Smile, Excitement. Genres: Comedy, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Smile and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Love

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Humor
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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 28 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionLove
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor52 %52 %2 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Humor54 %54 %7 %9 %
12.5 %≈ 10′Humor56 %54 %21 %9 %
17.5 %≈ 14′Humor55 %51 %28 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 18′Humor52 %50 %18 %12 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Humor50 %50 %15 %9 %
32.5 %≈ 27′Humor51 %48 %26 %9 %
37.5 %≈ 31′Humor54 %48 %33 %13 %
42.5 %≈ 35′Humor59 %56 %25 %21 %
47.5 %≈ 39′Humor64 %64 %12 %20 %
52.5 %≈ 43′Humor63 %60 %15 %12 %
57.5 %≈ 47′Humor57 %50 %30 %9 %
62.5 %≈ 51′Humor56 %48 %34 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 55′Humor57 %50 %30 %24 %
72.5 %≈ 59′Humor59 %51 %38 %13 %
77.5 %≈ 64′Humor62 %55 %48 %5 %
82.5 %≈ 68′Humor65 %56 %54 %7 %
87.5 %≈ 72′Tension68 %55 %56 %16 %
92.5 %≈ 76′Relief64 %53 %39 %28 %
97.5 %≈ 80′Humor55 %48 %15 %32 %
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

Dave Chappelle

Thurgood Jenkins / Sir Smoke-a-Lot

Harland Williams

Kenny Davis

Guillermo Díaz

Scarface

RT
Rachel True

Mary Jane Potman

Tommy Chong

Squirrel Master

Clarence Williams III

Samson Simpson

LS
Laura Silverman

Jan

RR
R.D. Reid

Scientist

GR
Gregg Rogell

Pothead

KB
Kevin Brennan

Pothead

AP
Alice Poon

Supply Clerk

RD
Rick Demas

Nasty Nate

DB
David Bluestein

Jerry Garcia

KD
Kevin Duhaney

Young Thurgood

MR
Matthew Raposo

Young Scarface

JC
James Cooper

Young Brian

MC
Michael Colton

Young Kenny

PB
Paul Brogren

Burger Customer

NB
Neal Brennan

Employee

Details

Directed by
Tamra Davis
Type
Movies
Released
1998
Runtime
82 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 71,690 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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