Varsity Blues
1999 · 106 min · Director: Brian Robbins
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion. The head coach is deified, as long as the team is winning and 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. In his 30th year as head coach, Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight) is trying to lead his West Canaan Coyotes to their 23rd division title. When star quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon (James Van Der Beek), a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game. "Varsity Blues" explores our obsession with sports and how teenage athletes respond to the extraordinary pressures places on them.
Emotional fingerprint
Varsity Blues (1999) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Empathy 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Excitement30%
- Empathy25%
- Humor20%
- Anger15%
- Inspiration10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Empathy, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Empathy and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.
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Emotional journey
- Excitement
- Tension
- Hope
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Excitement
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Excitement | Tension | Hope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Humor | 42 % | 25 % | 17 % | 7 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Excitement | 44 % | 35 % | 20 % | 13 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Excitement | 46 % | 36 % | 28 % | 11 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Humor | 49 % | 26 % | 24 % | 5 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Humor | 54 % | 18 % | 28 % | 3 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 29′ | Tension | 64 % | 20 % | 48 % | 5 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Sadness | 64 % | 23 % | 48 % | 8 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Humor | 50 % | 24 % | 29 % | 11 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Excitement | 43 % | 29 % | 25 % | 15 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Tension | 43 % | 20 % | 35 % | 13 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Tension | 45 % | 13 % | 36 % | 10 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Humor | 53 % | 16 % | 38 % | 6 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Tension | 61 % | 14 % | 48 % | 11 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Sadness | 65 % | 13 % | 54 % | 31 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 77′ | Tension | 66 % | 28 % | 60 % | 39 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Excitement | 71 % | 45 % | 68 % | 36 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Tension | 77 % | 54 % | 71 % | 48 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Excitement | 81 % | 69 % | 68 % | 59 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 98′ | Excitement | 83 % | 82 % | 60 % | 58 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 103′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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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
Billy Bob
Collette Harbor
Wendell Brown
Mo Moxon (as Jill Parker Jones)
Kyle Moxon
Cashier
Coach Bates (as Tim Crowley)
Details
- Directed by
- Brian Robbins
- Written by
- W. Peter Iliff
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1999
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Excitement
- Data updated
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