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Noel

2004 · 96 min · Director: Chazz Palminteri ★ IMDb 6.1 · 11,903 ratings

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Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile, Nina Vasquez breaks her engagement with her beloved fiancé Mike due to his suffocating jealousy, but misses him. Mike is stalked by a stranger, bartender Artie Venzuela. The poor Jules arranges to spend Christmas Eve in the hospital, where he spent the best Christmas of his life when he was a teenager. The lives of some of these characters cross with others along the night.

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Noel (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Empathy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Love20%
  2. Hope10%

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Love. 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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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Love

Empathy
Sadness
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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 43 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessLove
2.5 %≈ 2′Sadness30 %27 %22 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Empathy37 %35 %28 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sadness40 %34 %27 %13 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension40 %29 %21 %11 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Tension43 %30 %22 %14 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension47 %37 %31 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Sadness50 %45 %37 %19 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Empathy51 %46 %35 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Tension58 %50 %42 %19 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Sadness71 %65 %61 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Sadness71 %67 %63 %26 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Sadness64 %60 %52 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 60′Empathy61 %58 %46 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Empathy61 %60 %49 %28 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Sadness65 %64 %56 %28 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Empathy72 %70 %62 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 79′Sadness77 %73 %60 %36 %
87.5 %≈ 84′Hope78 %58 %38 %58 %
92.5 %≈ 89′Love82 %44 %20 %75 %
97.5 %≈ 94′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot 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

Susan Sarandon

Rose Collins

Alan Arkin

Artie

Marcus Thomas

Jules Calvert

SM
Sonny Marinelli

Dennis

Robin Williams

Charlie Boyd / The Priest

RD
Rob Daly

Paul

John Doman

Dr. Baron

BP
Billy Porter

Randy

Carmen Ejogo

Dr. Batiste

DH
Donna Hanover

Debbie Carmichael

MM
Merwin Mondesir

Glenn

UK
Una Kay

Helen

SB
Sonia Benezra

Aunt Sonya

Marcia Bennett

Nurse Stein

HR
Howard Rosenstein

ER Doctor

JW
Jane Wheeler

Karen

Details

Directed by
Chazz Palminteri
Written by
David Hubbard
Type
Movies
Released
2004
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States, Canada
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 11,903 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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