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The Five People You Meet in Heaven

2004 · 132 min · Director: Lloyd Kramer ★ IMDb 7.2 · 6,419 ratings

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On his 83rd birthday, Eddie (Voight), a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 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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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 33 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessRelief
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness35 %30 %23 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Empathy46 %32 %26 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Tension61 %38 %31 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Relief61 %45 %35 %23 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Empathy60 %55 %43 %24 %
27.5 %≈ 36′Empathy63 %57 %45 %20 %
32.5 %≈ 43′Tension69 %56 %46 %10 %
37.5 %≈ 50′Tension79 %57 %50 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 56′Tension80 %59 %51 %16 %
47.5 %≈ 63′Sadness74 %64 %53 %28 %
52.5 %≈ 69′Empathy69 %66 %50 %31 %
57.5 %≈ 76′Empathy68 %64 %53 %16 %
62.5 %≈ 83′Sadness70 %65 %61 %9 %
67.5 %≈ 89′Sadness76 %70 %60 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 96′Relief81 %70 %50 %55 %
77.5 %≈ 102′Love81 %69 %51 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 109′Love83 %74 %66 %39 %
87.5 %≈ 116′Love90 %81 %81 %33 %
92.5 %≈ 122′Sadness94 %84 %76 %46 %
97.5 %≈ 129′Relief92 %80 %57 %70 %
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

Dagmara Dominczyk

Margeurite

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Steven Grayhm

Young Eddie

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Matt Visser

Blue Man - Child

Callum Keith Rennie

Eddie’s Father

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Birkett Turton

Rabozzo

Details

Directed by
Lloyd Kramer
Written by
Mitch Albom
Type
Movies
Released
2004
Runtime
132 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama, Fantasy
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 6,419 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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