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Outside Providence

1999 · 96 min · Director: Michael Corrente ★ IMDb 6.4 · 9,908 ratings

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A boy from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, caught up in the drug scene of the mid-70s, gets in trouble one too many times with the law. To stave off a jail term, his father arranges for him to be placed into a prep school in Cornwall, Connecticut. The terms: Graduate, or else.

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Outside Providence (1999) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Empathy 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor30%
  2. Joy15%
  3. Love10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Nostalgia. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Nostalgia. 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
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Love

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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 33 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor48 %47 %8 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor50 %46 %15 %11 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor49 %45 %25 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor51 %50 %29 %19 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor55 %55 %24 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor50 %49 %19 %5 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor46 %44 %16 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor50 %49 %18 %10 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Humor53 %53 %21 %11 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Humor54 %50 %28 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Sadness55 %39 %40 %34 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Empathy54 %30 %41 %33 %
62.5 %≈ 60′Humor60 %29 %43 %34 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Sadness68 %29 %53 %48 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Humor65 %29 %50 %45 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Sadness70 %24 %55 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 79′Sadness75 %24 %64 %57 %
87.5 %≈ 84′Empathy73 %29 %59 %29 %
92.5 %≈ 89′Love65 %24 %43 %10 %
97.5 %≈ 94′Love50 %12 %22 %7 %
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

Shawn Hatosy

Tim Dunphy

Alec Baldwin

Old Man Dunphy

Jon Abrahams

"Drugs" Delaney

RT
Robert Turano

Fran

Gabriel Mann

Jack Wheeler

George Martin

Dean Mort

LL
Libby Langdon

Tim's mother

JF
Jack Ferver

Irv

AT
Alex Toma

Billy Fu

DG
David Gere

Student in Closet (uncredited)

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John J. Burke

High school student

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Kyle Pepi

Little Jackie Dunphy

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Ryan Pepi

Little Jackie Dunphy

SR
Stephen Radochia

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Michael Corrente
Written by
Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Michael Corrente
Type
Movies
Released
1999
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 9,908 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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