Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off
2003 · 85 min · Director: Paul Hoen
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Eddie Ogden is his pa's pride and joy as well as the Groundhogs team's only asset as baseball talent. Then Eddie discovers a taste and talent for cuisine. Although his brothers Andy and Alex, and Pa as well as classmates enjoy his dishes, they only mock cooking, so he arranges and 'accidental' registration for him and two friends in Home Economics. Only Eddie -secretly again- and nerdy shrew Bridget Simons enter a national cooking competition for school-kids. Ma finds out and to his surprise proves supportive, as well as the teacher, who once won the competition herself.
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Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off (2003) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Joy 35%, Humor 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Joy35%
- Humor25%
- Inspiration20%
- Empathy10%
- Relief10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Joy, Humor, Inspiration. Genres: Comedy, Family, Sport. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
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- Joy
- Tension
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Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Hope | Joy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Humor | 47 % | 20 % | 22 % | 17 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 6′ | Humor | 45 % | 20 % | 19 % | 19 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 11′ | Humor | 46 % | 21 % | 18 % | 23 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Humor | 45 % | 28 % | 19 % | 23 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Hope | 41 % | 33 % | 20 % | 20 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Humor | 45 % | 26 % | 23 % | 24 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Humor | 54 % | 25 % | 35 % | 28 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Joy | 58 % | 40 % | 51 % | 25 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Joy | 57 % | 48 % | 51 % | 28 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Empathy | 55 % | 38 % | 33 % | 41 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Tension | 56 % | 24 % | 14 % | 53 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Empathy | 60 % | 24 % | 14 % | 50 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Hope | 57 % | 38 % | 21 % | 41 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Empathy | 56 % | 46 % | 24 % | 41 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Hope | 59 % | 53 % | 34 % | 49 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Hope | 64 % | 59 % | 44 % | 57 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Hope | 68 % | 61 % | 46 % | 61 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Hope | 71 % | 63 % | 51 % | 65 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 79′ | Tension | 78 % | 60 % | 59 % | 59 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Empathy | 78 % | 57 % | 63 % | 35 % |
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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
Bridget Simons
Bobby Flay
Sarah Ogden
Alex Ogden (as Nicholas Miller)
Andy Ogden (as John Barker)
Marcus
Jordan
Kimberly
Oliver
Kid #1
Snack Shack Guy
Kid #2
Eagle's Catcher
Penny
Details
- Directed by
- Paul Hoen
- Written by
- Dan Berendsen, Jack Jason, Rick Bitzelberger
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2003
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Joy
- Data updated
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