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25th Hour

2002 · 135 min · Director: Spike Lee ★ IMDb 7.6 · 191,984 ratings

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The 25th Hour depicts the last day of freedom for a young man before he begins serving a seven-year jail term for drug dealing. Prowling through the city until dawn with his two close male friends and his girlfriend, he is forced to re-examine his life and how he got himself into his predicament, which leads to a shocking, disturbing finale.

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

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Melancholy and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Sadness
Tension
Disturbing
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 8 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy43 %19 %27 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Not enough subtitle evidence30 %12 %20 %11 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Tension30 %11 %26 %13 %
17.5 %≈ 24′Tension43 %19 %41 %23 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Tension52 %26 %45 %30 %
27.5 %≈ 37′Disturbing54 %30 %39 %41 %
32.5 %≈ 44′Sadness54 %39 %40 %39 %
37.5 %≈ 51′Sadness51 %38 %44 %28 %
42.5 %≈ 57′Disturbing41 %22 %34 %23 %
47.5 %≈ 64′Tension32 %15 %24 %19 %
52.5 %≈ 71′Sadness38 %26 %29 %21 %
57.5 %≈ 78′Empathy52 %41 %43 %29 %
62.5 %≈ 84′Sadness59 %50 %51 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 91′Tension61 %43 %56 %34 %
72.5 %≈ 98′Tension68 %38 %66 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 105′Tension79 %53 %76 %68 %
82.5 %≈ 111′Disturbing86 %71 %73 %68 %
87.5 %≈ 118′Sadness82 %73 %49 %40 %
92.5 %≈ 125′Hope66 %56 %30 %18 %
97.5 %≈ 132′Sadness51 %40 %30 %19 %
Riches to rags

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

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Jacob Elinsky

Rosario Dawson

Naturelle Riviera

Anna Paquin

Mary D'Annuzio

Brian Cox

James Brogan

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Agent Flood

TS
Tony Siragusa

Kostya Novotny

LU
Levan Uchaneishvili

Uncle Nikolai

TD
Tony Devon

Agent Allen

MK
Misha Kuznetsov

Senka Valghobek

MG
Michael Genet

Agent Cunningham

PO
Patrice O'Neal

Khari

AP
Al Palagonia

Salvatore Dominick

MH
Marc H. Simon

Schultz

AR
Armando Riesco

Phelan

BW
Brad Williams

Trader #1

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Rodney "Bear" Jackson

Trader #2

KN
Keith Nobbs

Luke

Details

Directed by
Spike Lee
Written by
David Benioff
Type
Movies
Released
2002
Runtime
135 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 191,984 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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