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Get Real

1998 · 111 min · Director: Simon Shore ★ IMDb 7.5 · 14,055 ratings

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This tenderly romantic film tells the story of Steve, a young boy in a at secondary school, as he struggles with coming out and falling in love with John, the top athlete at school - who, amazingly, falls in love with him as well.

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Get Real (1998) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 32%, Love 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Love25%
  2. Hope13%
  3. Humor10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Love, Sadness. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Love and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Tension
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

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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 13 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyTensionSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor50 %17 %15 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor48 %20 %18 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor45 %26 %26 %14 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Love50 %36 %39 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Sadness55 %39 %41 %26 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Humor54 %35 %31 %23 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Humor54 %43 %28 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Empathy61 %57 %36 %41 %
42.5 %≈ 47′Empathy70 %64 %48 %39 %
47.5 %≈ 53′Love63 %49 %48 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 58′Humor54 %34 %45 %13 %
57.5 %≈ 64′Tension60 %40 %51 %21 %
62.5 %≈ 69′Empathy65 %53 %51 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 75′Sadness64 %56 %46 %48 %
72.5 %≈ 80′Empathy56 %48 %43 %36 %
77.5 %≈ 86′Tension54 %39 %48 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 92′Tension69 %53 %66 %36 %
87.5 %≈ 97′Empathy84 %78 %70 %60 %
92.5 %≈ 103′Empathy74 %69 %43 %52 %
97.5 %≈ 108′Humor52 %38 %17 %25 %
Riches to rags

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

BS
Ben Silverstone

BS
Ben Silverstone

Steven Carter

BG
Brad Gorton

CB
Charlotte Brittain

SH
Stacy Hart

Jessica

KM
Kate McEnery

Wendy

PN
Patrick Nielsen

Mark Watkins

TH
Tim Harris

Kevin Grainger

JD
James D. White

Dave

JP
James Perkins

Young Steve

NH
Nicholas Hunter

Young Mark

JM
Jacquetta May

Steven's Mother

DL
David Lumsden

Steven's Father

MJ
Morgan Jones

Linda's Brother

SM
Steven Mason

Cruising Man

RH
Richard Hawley

English Teacher

SE
Steven Elder

Bob, the Driving Instructor

AR
Andy Rashleigh

Policeman

IB
Ian Brimble

John's Father

JB
Judy Buxton

John's Mother

Details

Directed by
Simon Shore
Written by
Patrick Wilde
Type
Movies
Released
1998
Runtime
111 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 14,055 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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