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Gracie's Choice

2004 · 90 min · Director: Peter Werner ★ IMDb 7.4 · 4,324 ratings

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Anne Heche plays an abusive mother to Gracie, played by Kristen Bell. Gracie has always taken care of her three younger brothers and one sister. When her mother's drug and alcohol use goes too far, Gracie decides to take on the official role of mother to her brothers.

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Gracie's Choice (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Sadness 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Tension
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Empathy
Tension
Relief
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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then rises around 18 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyTensionRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension62 %50 %58 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Empathy44 %36 %36 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Empathy45 %40 %34 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Empathy71 %66 %61 %1 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension83 %79 %76 %8 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Empathy75 %74 %64 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Empathy68 %68 %44 %13 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Empathy60 %59 %34 %10 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Hope51 %48 %35 %13 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Empathy57 %53 %46 %10 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Empathy71 %68 %55 %14 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Hope69 %66 %45 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Hope63 %59 %39 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Empathy68 %63 %45 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Sadness73 %69 %46 %13 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Empathy71 %69 %48 %8 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Empathy73 %68 %56 %10 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Tension79 %71 %69 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Empathy86 %80 %64 %57 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Relief90 %85 %45 %80 %
Rags to riches

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

SA
Shedrack Anderson III

Anne Heche

Rowena Lawson

RM
Roberta Maxwell

Judge

KF
Kristin Fairlie

Rose Carlton

RS
Robert Seeliger

Ray

RD
Roger Dunn

Paul Gottfredson

BA
Brian Akins

Ryan Walker

DG
David Gibson McLean

Jonny Blicker

JA
Jack Armstrong

Robbie Locascio

SC
Sandra Caldwell

Mrs. Thurston

DM
Diego Matamoros

Bob Bessey

CW
Cecil Wright

Mr. Hines

JA
Jeremy Akerman

Judge Ira Donner

MP
Michael Pellerin

Public Defender

SC
Shaun Clark

Police Officer

MA
Mark A. Owen

Officer #1

DA
Desiree Adams

Karina

GP
Gordon Patrick White

Ricky

Details

Directed by
Peter Werner
Written by
Rena Dictor Le Blanc, Joyce Eliason
Type
Movies
Released
2004
Runtime
90 min
Country
Canada, United States
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 4,324 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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