December Boys
2007 · 105 min · Director: Rod Hardy
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
An adult nicknamed Misty is narrating a story about one summer in his life when he was an adolescent in the late 1960s. He was living in a Catholic orphanage in the Australian outback. His best mates were the "December boys" - Maps, Spark and Spit - the four of them so named because they were the boys in the orphanage born in the month of December. With a recent windfall, the orphanage decided to give each of the boys a group vacation for each of their birthdays, the December boys the first to go. Their vacation was to Lady Star Cove on the Australian coast, to stay at the home of Mrs. and Mrs. McAnsh - Bandy and "Skipper". Their relatively carefree Christmas vacation took a turn primarily from three events: learning the reason the McAnshes hosted the boys specifically at this time; Maps, the oldest in his mid-teens, exploring his sexuality with a girl named Lucy, who was also visiting Lady Star Cove for the summer; and Misty secretly learning that a young couple in the cove, Fearless and Teresa, were thinking about adopting one of them, the couple who were unable to conceive a child of their own. Beyond the dreams of especially the younger three to be adopted by a loving family, Fearless had the extra wow factor of being a stunt motorcyclist as his profession. Misty, the youngest, tried the hardest to be the one chosen, even initially keeping the fact of Fearless and Teresa thinking about adopting one of them from the other three. Misty concludes his story with the reason why he is telling it at this stage in his life.
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December Boys (2007) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Nostalgia 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Nostalgia, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Nostalgia and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Hope
- Tension
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Hope | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Hope | 48 % | 28 % | 48 % | 13 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Hope | 50 % | 16 % | 43 % | 14 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Humor | 48 % | 4 % | 26 % | 14 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Humor | 44 % | 0 % | 16 % | 13 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Humor | 45 % | 10 % | 23 % | 15 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 29′ | Hope | 50 % | 24 % | 39 % | 16 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Hope | 54 % | 29 % | 40 % | 24 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Sadness | 56 % | 30 % | 34 % | 36 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Hope | 59 % | 35 % | 36 % | 36 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Sadness | 60 % | 49 % | 33 % | 31 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Sadness | 60 % | 57 % | 26 % | 25 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Sadness | 59 % | 45 % | 20 % | 21 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Humor | 56 % | 29 % | 14 % | 24 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Sadness | 55 % | 36 % | 13 % | 28 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Sadness | 59 % | 48 % | 13 % | 43 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Tension | 71 % | 41 % | 18 % | 66 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Relief | 80 % | 35 % | 36 % | 71 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Hope | 79 % | 48 % | 49 % | 45 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 97′ | Sadness | 78 % | 63 % | 40 % | 18 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 102′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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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
Sparks
Spit
Shellback
Father Scully
Reverend Mother
Sister Edna
Father
Mother
Cartwheeling Nun
Details
- Directed by
- Rod Hardy
- Written by
- Ronald Kinnoch, Michael Noonan, Marc Rosenberg
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2007
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Country
- Australia, Germany, United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
Where to watch
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