Danny Deckchair
2003 · 100 min · Director: Jeff Balsmeyer
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Sydneysider Danny Morgan, a simple man who works for a concrete company, is prone to daydreaming to escape his life, those daydreams often of his unique ideas. Of late, those daydreams have been about his and his longtime girlfriend Trudy Dunphy's imminent vacation, a camping trip which Danny has been planning for a year. Eventually learning that Trudy, a real estate agent, lied to get out of the trip to spend time with a famous client, television sportscaster Sandy Upman, is just the latest manifestation that Trudy is drifting away from Danny, who she sees as just a concrete man while she aspires to something or someone more exciting like Sandy. With the vacation now a no-go leaving him with a couple of weeks free with nothing to do but have his mind wander, Danny, with an unexpected windfall of free giant balloons, ponders whether they, filled with helium and tied to a deckchair, would be able to lift him in the deckchair up into the air. Danny's balloon deckchair experiment will have not only a profound effect on him, but that of Glenda Lake of Clarence, she a lonely parking enforcement police officer who has felt lost in life, while Trudy also sees it as another possible restart to her and Danny's relationship in that proverbial fifteen minutes of fame in their lives.
Emotional fingerprint
Danny Deckchair (2003) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Love 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Humor30%
- Love25%
- Inspiration20%
- Sadness15%
- Satisfaction10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Inspiration. Genres: Comedy, Romance. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.
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Emotional journey
- Love
- Humor
- Joy
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Love | Humor | Joy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Humor | 38 % | 5 % | 33 % | 18 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Humor | 39 % | 4 % | 34 % | 15 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Humor | 43 % | 3 % | 38 % | 16 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Humor | 53 % | 3 % | 44 % | 28 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Tension | 64 % | 5 % | 50 % | 31 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Humor | 59 % | 10 % | 48 % | 20 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Humor | 46 % | 16 % | 39 % | 15 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Humor | 49 % | 26 % | 41 % | 26 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Humor | 55 % | 33 % | 49 % | 35 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Humor | 51 % | 35 % | 44 % | 30 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Love | 54 % | 45 % | 39 % | 35 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Joy | 60 % | 49 % | 39 % | 45 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Love | 57 % | 34 % | 36 % | 40 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Joy | 61 % | 28 % | 34 % | 45 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Joy | 70 % | 35 % | 30 % | 46 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Tension | 68 % | 29 % | 33 % | 25 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Humor | 57 % | 21 % | 35 % | 13 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Sadness | 57 % | 34 % | 31 % | 18 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Love | 68 % | 55 % | 30 % | 35 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 98′ | Love | 72 % | 67 % | 27 % | 52 % |
Icarus
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
Sandy Upman
Pete
Ray Vitali
Kate (as Jules Sobotta)
Real Estate Agent
Real Estate Agent (as Steven Rassios)
Real Estate Agent
Donna
Helen Costas
Phil Stubbs
Party Shop Assistant
Kaz
Bob
Young Bobby
Young Lisa
Details
- Directed by
- Jeff Balsmeyer
- Written by
- Jeff Balsmeyer, Lizzie Bryant, Tim Gooding
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2003
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Country
- Australia
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Humor
- Data updated
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