The Shipping News
2001 · 111 min · Director: Lasse Hallström
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, Bunny (Alyssa, Kaitlyn, and Lauren Gainer), after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal (Cate Blanchett), who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shipping news column in the newspaper "The Gammy Bird" finds an audience, and his experiences in the town change his life. Then he meets the widow Wavey Prowse (Julianne Moore).
Emotional fingerprint
The Shipping News (2001) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Melancholy30%
- Empathy25%
- Sadness20%
- Hope15%
- Love10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sympathy
- Hope
- Sadness
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Sympathy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sympathy | Hope | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Sympathy | 60 % | 55 % | 10 % | 47 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Sympathy | 61 % | 56 % | 9 % | 51 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Sadness | 69 % | 64 % | 15 % | 63 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Sadness | 63 % | 54 % | 28 % | 51 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Humor | 46 % | 35 % | 29 % | 26 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Sympathy | 39 % | 31 % | 24 % | 18 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Humor | 38 % | 30 % | 20 % | 16 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Sympathy | 39 % | 29 % | 16 % | 20 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Sadness | 43 % | 29 % | 24 % | 21 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Hope | 50 % | 35 % | 35 % | 25 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Sadness | 55 % | 43 % | 33 % | 36 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Hope | 53 % | 33 % | 33 % | 26 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 69′ | Hope | 51 % | 26 % | 36 % | 11 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Sympathy | 56 % | 39 % | 26 % | 21 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Sympathy | 65 % | 55 % | 26 % | 44 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Sympathy | 74 % | 66 % | 38 % | 59 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Sympathy | 73 % | 61 % | 30 % | 55 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 97′ | Tension | 66 % | 51 % | 30 % | 46 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 103′ | Hope | 70 % | 51 % | 55 % | 43 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 108′ | Hope | 75 % | 48 % | 73 % | 33 % |
Cinderella
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
Beety Buggit
Young Agnis Hamm
Bunny Quoyle
Bunny Quoyle
Bunny Quoyle
Details
- Directed by
- Lasse Hallström
- Written by
- Robert Nelson Jacobs, Annie Proulx
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2001
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Country
- Canada, United States, Sweden
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Melancholy
- Data updated
Where to watch
Rent
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