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The Core

2003 · 136 min · Director: Jon Amiel ★ IMDb 5.6 · 117,764 ratings

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The Earth's core has stopped spinning. Disasters are happening around the globe, including; animals acting in bizarre ways, monstrous thunderstorms. Dr. Josh Keyes and his crew of 5 go down to the centre to set off a nuclear device, hoping to make the core start spinning again, or humanity will cease.

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The Core (2003) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Fear 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear25%
  2. Awe10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Fear, Excitement. Genres: Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Fear and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 5.6/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 57/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Relief
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Relief

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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 dips around 28 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionReliefSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity47 %35 %3 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Tension60 %54 %8 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Tension69 %65 %8 %9 %
17.5 %≈ 24′Curiosity63 %50 %4 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 31′Curiosity53 %31 %4 %4 %
27.5 %≈ 37′Curiosity44 %28 %6 %5 %
32.5 %≈ 44′Hope48 %41 %6 %9 %
37.5 %≈ 51′Tension61 %59 %8 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 58′Tension68 %64 %11 %4 %
47.5 %≈ 65′Curiosity71 %66 %16 %20 %
52.5 %≈ 71′Tension80 %75 %19 %54 %
57.5 %≈ 78′Tension80 %75 %11 %61 %
62.5 %≈ 85′Tension75 %71 %5 %50 %
67.5 %≈ 92′Tension76 %74 %3 %51 %
72.5 %≈ 99′Tension79 %76 %1 %59 %
77.5 %≈ 105′Tension84 %83 %10 %64 %
82.5 %≈ 112′Tension84 %81 %33 %54 %
87.5 %≈ 119′Relief78 %56 %59 %38 %
92.5 %≈ 126′Relief75 %28 %72 %33 %
97.5 %≈ 133′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Cinderella

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

Stanley Tucci

Dr. Conrad Zimsky

DJ Qualls

Theodore Donald 'Rat' Finch

Richard Jenkins

Gen. Thomas Purcell

Bruce Greenwood

Cmdr. Robert Iverson

CS
Christopher Shyer

Dave Perry

RG
Ray Galletti

Paul

EP
Eileen Pedde

Lynne

RS
Rekha Sharma

Danni

TS
Tom Scholte

Acker

Glenn Morshower

FBI Agent

AH
Anthony Harrison

FBI Agent

Alfre Woodard

Stickley

FK
Fred Keating

Court-Martial Presiding Officer

NL
Nicole Leroux

Mom

JC
Justin Callan

Little Boy

Details

Directed by
Jon Amiel
Written by
John Rogers, Cooper Layne
Type
Movies
Released
2003
Runtime
136 min
Country
United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.6 · 117,764 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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