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Bubble Boy

2001 · 84 min · Director: Blair Hayes ★ IMDb 5.7 · 36,644 ratings

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A young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom finds out that the woman he has loved since childhood is about to be married at Niagara Falls, so he builds a portable bubble suit and ventures into the outside world to win her affections.

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Bubble Boy (2001) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Love 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
25%Love
  1. Humor30%
  2. Love25%
  3. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Excitement. Genres: Comedy, Romance, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 5.7/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 58/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Humor
  • Joy
  • Love

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Humor
Joy
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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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorJoyLove
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor43 %43 %22 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Humor49 %48 %28 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor54 %45 %28 %34 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Sadness56 %36 %25 %33 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Joy59 %40 %33 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Humor60 %54 %29 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 27′Humor60 %59 %21 %14 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Humor60 %54 %21 %13 %
42.5 %≈ 36′Humor60 %50 %16 %11 %
47.5 %≈ 40′Humor63 %51 %15 %11 %
52.5 %≈ 44′Tension64 %51 %16 %10 %
57.5 %≈ 48′Humor59 %50 %16 %13 %
62.5 %≈ 53′Humor58 %54 %23 %18 %
67.5 %≈ 57′Humor60 %55 %23 %16 %
72.5 %≈ 61′Sadness59 %48 %15 %20 %
77.5 %≈ 65′Humor61 %45 %20 %24 %
82.5 %≈ 69′Tension71 %43 %36 %36 %
87.5 %≈ 74′Love79 %39 %55 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 78′Joy78 %45 %68 %63 %
97.5 %≈ 82′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot 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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Bonnie Morgan

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Zach Galifianakis

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Boti Bliss

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Details

Directed by
Blair Hayes
Type
Movies
Released
2001
Runtime
84 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.7 · 36,644 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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