It Runs in the Family
2003 · 109 min · Director: Fred Schepisi
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Wealth can't spare three male generations of the dysfunctional Jewish New York Gromberg family grief or grim reality. However successful in life, Alex never felt pleasing pride or proper parental support from sprightly patriarch Mitchell, who sarcastically imposes his own values and priorities on everyone and everything. Alex starts despairing that his modern permissiveness may ruin his own bright firstborn, college-boy Asher, unlike adoring kid-brother Eli. A dorm-drug-bust pushes things to the limit -- or beyond?
Emotional fingerprint
It Runs in the Family (2003) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Humor 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Humor, Anxiety. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Humor and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 5.5/10 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
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Love
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Love |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Humor | 33 % | 12 % | 8 % | 5 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Humor | 39 % | 13 % | 10 % | 7 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Humor | 43 % | 14 % | 7 % | 13 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Humor | 44 % | 18 % | 6 % | 18 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Humor | 43 % | 26 % | 14 % | 19 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Empathy | 40 % | 30 % | 19 % | 18 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Humor | 40 % | 28 % | 14 % | 24 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Love | 44 % | 28 % | 11 % | 36 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 46′ | Love | 54 % | 41 % | 32 % | 42 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Sadness | 67 % | 57 % | 59 % | 42 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Sadness | 66 % | 59 % | 60 % | 38 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Sadness | 64 % | 59 % | 56 % | 40 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Sadness | 68 % | 64 % | 55 % | 50 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Empathy | 63 % | 56 % | 41 % | 48 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 79′ | Tension | 53 % | 41 % | 31 % | 34 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 84′ | Sadness | 57 % | 41 % | 35 % | 30 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 90′ | Tension | 67 % | 52 % | 35 % | 39 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Empathy | 65 % | 56 % | 32 % | 46 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 101′ | Love | 59 % | 53 % | 29 % | 49 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 106′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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
Asher Gromberg
Evelyn Gromberg
Skateboarder
Jogger
Rosario
Howard
Details
- Directed by
- Fred Schepisi
- Written by
- Jesse Wigutow
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2003
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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