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Rory O'Shea Was Here

2004 · 104 min · Director: Damien O'Donnell ★ IMDb 7.7 · 16,849 ratings

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In Dublin, the disabled rebel Rory O'Shea moves to the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, affecting the lives of the residents. Rory is able to understand the unintelligible speech of Michael Connolly, who was left in the shelter by his prominent father many years ago due to his cerebral palsy, and they become close friends. Rory convinces Michael to move from Carrigmore to an apartment in Dublin, and they hire the gorgeous Siobhan to assist them. Living together with Rory, Michael faces a new world, finding friendship, love and freedom and learning to survive by his own.

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Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Inspiration 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love15%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

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

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Inspiration and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: 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 peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessHope
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor37 %20 %12 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor40 %24 %13 %9 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor43 %25 %14 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor45 %26 %14 %18 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor49 %26 %11 %23 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Humor49 %30 %14 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Hope51 %38 %18 %38 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Hope59 %36 %15 %53 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Hope61 %31 %11 %56 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Hope56 %30 %10 %46 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Humor53 %30 %13 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Tension55 %32 %21 %13 %
62.5 %≈ 65′Tension57 %40 %31 %13 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Empathy60 %51 %42 %19 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Sadness68 %61 %57 %21 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Sadness75 %66 %66 %23 %
82.5 %≈ 86′Sadness80 %71 %70 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 91′Sadness85 %77 %76 %34 %
92.5 %≈ 96′Sadness88 %80 %82 %43 %
97.5 %≈ 101′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

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Steven Robertson

Steven Robertson

Michael Connolly

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Alan King

Tommy

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Anna Healy

Alice

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Tom Hickey

Con O'Shea

Stanley Townsend

Interview Panelist

Gerard McSorley

Fergus Connolly

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Kreeta Taponen

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Conor Hegarty

Details

Directed by
Damien O'Donnell
Written by
Jeffrey Caine, Christian O'Reilly
Type
Movies
Released
2004
Runtime
104 min
Country
United Kingdom, Ireland, France
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 16,849 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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