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Murderball

2005 · 88 min · Director: Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro ★ IMDb 7.7 · 10,865 ratings

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Quad rugby as played by the US team, between 2002 games in Sweden and the 2004 Paralympics in Athens. Young men, most with spinal injuries, play this rough and tumble sport in special chairs, seated gladiators. We get to know several and their families. They talk frankly about their injuries, feelings in public, sex lives, competitiveness, and love of the game. There's also an angry former team member gone north to coach the Canadian team, tough on everyone, including his viola-playing son. We meet a recently injured man, in rehab, at times close to despair, finding possible joy in quad rugby. After Athens, the team meets young men injured in war: the future stars of Team USA.

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

30%Excitement
25%Inspiration
20%Empathy
  1. Excitement30%
  2. Inspiration25%
  3. Empathy20%
  4. Love15%
  5. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Inspiration, Empathy. Genres: Documentary, Sport. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Inspiration and Empathy. 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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Dominant emotion: Humor

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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 38 %.Ending hidden

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%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyInspirationSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor45 %32 %28 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Inspiration51 %28 %29 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Tension59 %21 %25 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Sadness60 %35 %23 %33 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Sadness60 %55 %23 %48 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Empathy56 %51 %26 %34 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Humor54 %41 %26 %19 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Tension63 %53 %16 %35 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Sadness73 %70 %18 %58 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Empathy70 %69 %35 %54 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Empathy65 %61 %49 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Inspiration66 %51 %48 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 55′Tension71 %43 %49 %13 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Inspiration73 %41 %55 %6 %
72.5 %≈ 64′Humor67 %33 %47 %5 %
77.5 %≈ 68′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
82.5 %≈ 73′Empathy77 %68 %63 %17 %
87.5 %≈ 77′Inspiration78 %67 %72 %23 %
92.5 %≈ 81′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
97.5 %≈ 86′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence

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Cast

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Joe Soares

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Joe Bishop

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Keith Cavill

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Mark Zupan

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Andy Cohn

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Scott Hogsett

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Christopher Igoe

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Mark Zupan

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Details

Directed by
Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
Written by
Dana Adam Shapiro, Jamie Saft
Type
Movies
Released
2005
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 10,865 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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