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Mercury Rising

1998 · 111 min · Director: Harold Becker ★ IMDb 6.1 · 82,084 ratings

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Bruce Willis is an outcast FBI agent who protects a 9 year old autistic boy who is the target for assassins after cracking a top secret government code.

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Mercury Rising (1998) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 32%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 63/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Fear

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then dips around 13 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathyFear
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension80 %77 %53 %58 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension71 %64 %51 %46 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Empathy54 %40 %37 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Curiosity54 %39 %25 %11 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Curiosity65 %56 %32 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Tension75 %65 %56 %49 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Empathy76 %63 %63 %46 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Tension75 %68 %51 %49 %
42.5 %≈ 47′Tension80 %78 %56 %63 %
47.5 %≈ 53′Tension78 %66 %65 %53 %
52.5 %≈ 58′Empathy71 %46 %66 %30 %
57.5 %≈ 64′Sadness75 %53 %65 %35 %
62.5 %≈ 69′Tension77 %68 %55 %50 %
67.5 %≈ 75′Tension70 %61 %50 %44 %
72.5 %≈ 80′Empathy69 %55 %56 %36 %
77.5 %≈ 86′Tension73 %64 %54 %39 %
82.5 %≈ 92′Tension76 %72 %46 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 97′Tension81 %79 %51 %57 %
92.5 %≈ 103′Tension87 %83 %60 %70 %
97.5 %≈ 108′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Oedipus

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

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Miko Hughes

Alec Baldwin

Nicholas Kudrow

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Miko Hughes

Simon Lynch

Chi McBride

Tommy B. Jordan

Kim Dickens

Stacey

Robert Stanton

Dean Crandell

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Bodhi Elfman

Leo Pedranski

Carrie Preston

Emily Lang

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Lindsey Ginter

Peter Burrell

John Carroll Lynch

Martin Lynch

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Kelley Hazen

Jenny Lynch

John Doman

Supervisor Hartley

Richard Riehle

Edgar Halstrom

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Hank Harris

Isaac

Camryn Manheim

Dr. London

Jack Conley

Detective Nichols

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Maricela Ochoa

Charlayne

Details

Directed by
Harold Becker
Written by
Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner, Ryne Douglas Pearson, Mark Rosenthal
Type
Movies
Released
1998
Runtime
111 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 82,084 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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