The Yards
2000 · 115 min · Director: James Gray
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts. Willie Gutierrez, Leo's best friend, is Frank's bag man and heads a crew of midnight saboteurs who ruin the work of the Puerto Rican-owned firm. Leo needs a job, so Willie pays him to be his back-up. Then things go badly wrong one night, a cop IDs Leo, and everyone now wants him out of the picture. Besides his ailing mom and his cousin Erica, to whom can Leo turn?
Emotional fingerprint
The Yards (2000) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Sadness 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Anxiety30%
- Sadness25%
- Tension20%
- Empathy15%
- Melancholy10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Sadness, Tension. Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Sadness and Tension. 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
- Tension
- Empathy
- Sadness
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Empathy | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Joy | 43 % | 14 % | 25 % | 7 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Joy | 38 % | 14 % | 29 % | 12 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Joy | 35 % | 21 % | 23 % | 10 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Joy | 37 % | 31 % | 14 % | 6 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Tension | 46 % | 44 % | 16 % | 9 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Tension | 62 % | 60 % | 21 % | 14 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Tension | 66 % | 65 % | 24 % | 21 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Tension | 69 % | 68 % | 28 % | 24 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Tension | 74 % | 73 % | 36 % | 26 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Tension | 70 % | 68 % | 41 % | 31 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Tension | 68 % | 59 % | 45 % | 38 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Sadness | 69 % | 54 % | 49 % | 44 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Tension | 67 % | 57 % | 43 % | 39 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Tension | 68 % | 59 % | 50 % | 41 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Empathy | 73 % | 56 % | 56 % | 44 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 89′ | Tension | 70 % | 60 % | 38 % | 26 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Tension | 69 % | 65 % | 35 % | 28 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 101′ | Tension | 71 % | 63 % | 49 % | 41 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 106′ | Empathy | 62 % | 50 % | 48 % | 35 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 112′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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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
Arthur Mydanick
Hector Gallardo
Bernard Soltz
Nathan Grodner
Details
- Directed by
- James Gray
- Written by
- James Gray, Matt Reeves
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2000
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Anxiety
- Data updated
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