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Little Fish

2005 · 114 min · Director: Rowan Woods ★ IMDb 6.1 · 9,685 ratings

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In Sydney, Tracey Heart is a thirty-two years old manager of a video shop, an ex-heroin addict whose been clean for four years. She is trying to raise $40,000 to buy a shop for computer games next door to the rental and to become partner of her boss; but based on her negative records, the banks deny the loan. Tracey takes care of her junkie stepfather Lionel Dawson, unsuccessfully trying to make him quit his heroin habit. When her former boyfriend Jonny returns from Vancouver, Tracey's mother Janelle fears a fall for Tracey, while she blames Jonny for the car accident where her son Ray lost a leg. When Ray and Jonny associate with Moss, the assistant of the retired criminal boss Bradley 'The Jockey' Thompson, in drug dealing, Tracey is convinced by Jonny to join them and raise the necessary money for her business during the weekend.

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Little Fish (2005) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

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

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 63/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

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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 rises around 48 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy27 %17 %23 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sadness37 %26 %33 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Empathy46 %35 %43 %32 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Sadness47 %37 %43 %37 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Sadness45 %33 %38 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Hope42 %28 %35 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Empathy44 %32 %39 %30 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Sadness47 %38 %42 %37 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Sadness47 %39 %43 %38 %
47.5 %≈ 54′Empathy57 %48 %54 %45 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Sadness69 %61 %66 %56 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Sadness68 %59 %64 %54 %
62.5 %≈ 71′Empathy61 %46 %54 %47 %
67.5 %≈ 77′Tension61 %40 %51 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Empathy62 %41 %52 %53 %
77.5 %≈ 88′Tension63 %44 %50 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 94′Sadness72 %60 %61 %64 %
87.5 %≈ 100′Sadness82 %75 %73 %74 %
92.5 %≈ 105′Sadness82 %76 %72 %70 %
97.5 %≈ 111′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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

NH
Noni Hazlehurst

Janelle

JT
Joel Tobeck

Moss

SP
Susie Porter

Jenny

DN
Dustin Nguyễn

Jonny

LM
Lisa McCune

Laura

NL
Nina Liu

Mai

DF
Daniela Farinacci

Donna

LC
Linda Cropper

Denise

FH
Ferdinand Hoang

Khiem

AD
Anh Do

Tran

JC
Jason Chong

Mingh

NB
Natasha Beaumont

Tania

BR
Bic Runga

Night Club Singer

LB
Lisa Bailey

Suzy

LT
Lan Tran

June

Details

Directed by
Rowan Woods
Written by
Jacquelin Perske
Type
Movies
Released
2005
Runtime
114 min
Country
Australia
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 9,685 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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