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Dragonfly

2002 · 104 min · Director: Tom Shadyac ★ IMDb 6.1 · 42,012 ratings

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Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.

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Emotional fingerprint

Dragonfly (2002) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Melancholy 25%, Curiosity 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love10%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Melancholy, Curiosity. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Melancholy and Curiosity. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Curiosity
  • Sadness
  • Joy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Joy

Curiosity
Sadness
Joy
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 peaks around 3 %, then dips around 68 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriositySadnessJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness71 %18 %64 %1 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness65 %21 %57 %4 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Sadness57 %20 %52 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Sadness57 %27 %41 %7 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Tension66 %47 %27 %9 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity68 %56 %32 %7 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Sadness67 %56 %47 %4 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Curiosity65 %60 %44 %4 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Curiosity62 %60 %36 %3 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity63 %60 %30 %3 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Curiosity65 %67 %21 %2 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Curiosity68 %63 %28 %2 %
62.5 %≈ 65′Sadness63 %43 %40 %7 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Hope55 %34 %36 %11 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Curiosity60 %51 %34 %6 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Tension71 %59 %42 %1 %
82.5 %≈ 86′Tension74 %56 %39 %2 %
87.5 %≈ 91′Curiosity77 %52 %39 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 96′Joy82 %41 %50 %55 %
97.5 %≈ 101′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Rags to riches

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

Kevin Costner

Joe Darrow

Joe Morton

Hugh Campbell

Ron Rifkin

Charlie Dickinson

Kathy Bates

Mrs. Belmont

JS
Jacob Smith

Ben

RB
Robert Bailey Jr.

Jeffrey Reardon

JT
Jay Thomas

Hal

LB
Lisa Banes

Flora

LH
Leslie Hope

Charisse Darrow

KS
Kim Staunton

Intake Nurse

LW
Liza Weil

Suicide Girl

NG
Nigel Gibbs

Paramedic

CB
Casey Biggs

Neil Darrow

HS
Heidi Swedberg

Surgical Nurse

MB
Mary Beth Fisher

Eulogist

JS
Jamie Sue Sherrill

Surgical Nurse

SS
Samantha Smith

Waitress

PH
Peter Hansen

Phillip Darrow

Details

Directed by
Tom Shadyac
Type
Movies
Released
2002
Runtime
104 min
Country
United States, Germany
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 42,012 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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