Bringing Out the Dead
1999 · 121 min · Director: Martin Scorsese, Martin Scorsese
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
An Easter story. Frank is a Manhattan medic, working graveyard in a two-man ambulance team. He's burned out, exhausted, seeing ghosts, especially a young woman he failed to save six months' before, and no longer able to save people: he brings in the dead. We follow him for three nights, each with a different partner: Larry, who thinks about dinner, Marcus, who looks to Jesus, and Tom, who wallops people when work is slow. Frank befriends the daughter of a heart victim he brings in; she's Mary, an ex-junkie, angry at her father but now hoping he'll live. Frank tries to get fired, tries to quit, and keeps coming back, to work and to Mary, in need of his own rebirth.
Emotional fingerprint
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Anxiety 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Melancholy30%
- Anxiety25%
- Empathy20%
- Disturbing15%
- Hope10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Anxiety, Empathy. Genres: Thriller, Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Anxiety and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Empathy
- Tension
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Sadness | 63 % | 48 % | 50 % | 58 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Tension | 60 % | 44 % | 44 % | 53 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Sadness | 56 % | 44 % | 43 % | 45 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Empathy | 60 % | 48 % | 48 % | 49 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Sadness | 68 % | 55 % | 53 % | 53 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Sadness | 64 % | 51 % | 49 % | 41 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Humor | 57 % | 41 % | 44 % | 32 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Empathy | 61 % | 46 % | 55 % | 34 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Empathy | 66 % | 50 % | 61 % | 42 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Tension | 68 % | 49 % | 54 % | 54 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Sadness | 63 % | 44 % | 44 % | 53 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Tension | 56 % | 33 % | 38 % | 49 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Tension | 60 % | 31 % | 41 % | 55 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Tension | 66 % | 37 % | 43 % | 61 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Tension | 68 % | 39 % | 41 % | 63 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 94′ | Tension | 68 % | 35 % | 43 % | 63 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 100′ | Tension | 69 % | 41 % | 46 % | 63 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 106′ | Sadness | 74 % | 60 % | 57 % | 63 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 112′ | Sadness | 78 % | 72 % | 67 % | 62 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 118′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Icarus
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
Rose
Details
- Directed by
- Martin Scorsese, Martin Scorsese
- Written by
- Paul Schrader, Joe Connelly
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1999
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Melancholy
- Data updated
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