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The Royal Tenenbaums

2001 · 110 min · Director: Wes Anderson ★ IMDb 7.6 · 339,699 ratings

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Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.

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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 28%, Empathy 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor28%
  2. Love15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Melancholy. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Sadness
Empathy
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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 63 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor40 %27 %33 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor38 %24 %33 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor35 %18 %28 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Humor45 %29 %35 %29 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Sadness60 %50 %50 %34 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Sadness57 %48 %48 %29 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Humor46 %30 %35 %23 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Humor46 %26 %34 %31 %
42.5 %≈ 47′Sadness51 %33 %36 %40 %
47.5 %≈ 52′Humor50 %29 %32 %38 %
52.5 %≈ 58′Humor50 %25 %34 %39 %
57.5 %≈ 63′Tension61 %43 %45 %50 %
62.5 %≈ 69′Sadness74 %64 %60 %59 %
67.5 %≈ 74′Sadness70 %61 %63 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 80′Sadness57 %45 %53 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 85′Empathy57 %34 %48 %33 %
82.5 %≈ 91′Tension66 %35 %50 %50 %
87.5 %≈ 96′Sadness68 %46 %53 %43 %
92.5 %≈ 102′Sadness56 %43 %39 %15 %
97.5 %≈ 107′Hope43 %27 %18 %2 %
Man in a hole

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

Anjelica Huston

Etheline Tenenbaum

Ben Stiller

Chas Tenenbaum

Luke Wilson

Richie Tenenbaum

Owen Wilson

Eli Cash

Bill Murray

Raleigh St. Clair

Danny Glover

Henry Sherman

KP
Kumar Pallana

Pagoda

Alec Baldwin

Narrator (voice)

GR
Grant Rosenmeyer

Ari Tenenbaum

JM
Jonah Meyerson

Uzi Tenenbaum

AA
Aram Aslanian-Persico

Young Chas Tenenbaum

IG
Irina Gorovaia

Young Margot Tenenbaum

AT
Arianna Turturro

Young Richie Tenenbaum

SL
Stephen Lea Sheppard

Dudley Heinsbergen

JF
James Fitzgerald

Young Eli Cash

Larry Pine

Peter Bradley

DM
Don McKinnon

Detective

Details

Directed by
Wes Anderson
Type
Movies
Released
2001
Runtime
110 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 339,699 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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