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Safe Men

1998 · 88 min · Director: John Hamburg, John Hamburg ★ IMDb 5.8 · 3,794 ratings

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Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter of the underworld leader who won't date the men she knows are gangsters.

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Safe Men (1998) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 40%, Smile 25%, Excitement 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor40%
  2. Smile25%

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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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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Joy
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Relief

Humor
Joy
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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

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Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorJoyTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor48 %47 %11 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor50 %49 %11 %12 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor52 %51 %13 %12 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Humor54 %50 %10 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension55 %46 %5 %36 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Humor55 %50 %6 %37 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Humor55 %55 %9 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Humor56 %54 %10 %32 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Humor53 %50 %10 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Humor49 %47 %11 %27 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Humor49 %48 %10 %25 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Humor51 %49 %8 %21 %
62.5 %≈ 55′Humor52 %50 %6 %23 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Humor55 %49 %15 %35 %
72.5 %≈ 64′Humor58 %50 %25 %41 %
77.5 %≈ 68′Humor58 %52 %21 %36 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Humor55 %49 %26 %32 %
87.5 %≈ 77′Joy57 %44 %41 %36 %
92.5 %≈ 81′Relief55 %32 %46 %28 %
97.5 %≈ 86′Joy45 %17 %42 %12 %
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

Sam Rockwell

Samuel

Josh Pais

Mitchell

Paul Giamatti

Veal Chop

MS
Michael Schmidt

Bernie Jr.

CK
Christina Kirk

Hannah

RS
Raymond Serra

Barber

Harvey Fierstein

Good Stuff Leo

Michael Lerner

Big Fat Bernie Gayle

JH
John Hamburg

Philip

RI
Ray Iannicelli

Swoop

AM
Ali Marsh

Sherry

JR
Jacob Reynolds

Cousin Ira

MS
Mark Shanahan

Party Coordinator

ED
Emily Doubilet

"Sweet" Denise Schneider

SZ
Sidney Zubrow

Pappy

BM
Blue Moreno

M.C. Victor

Details

Type
Movies
Released
1998
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.8 · 3,794 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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