Nobel Son
2007 · 110 min · Director: Randall Miller, Randall Miller
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Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PhD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose philandering ways have gotten less and less discrete. As if Barkley's world is not bad enough, on the eve of his father receiving the Nobel, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel prize money. Needless to say, Eli refuses to pay it and so starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge. In the words of Michel De Montaigne, the 16th century philosopher: "There is more barbarity in eating a man alive than in eating him dead."
Emotional fingerprint
Nobel Son (2007) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Humor 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Humor, Anxiety. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Humor and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 63/100.
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Emotional journey
- Curiosity
- Tension
- Disturbing
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Surprise
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Curiosity | Tension | Disturbing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Humor | 43 % | 32 % | 15 % | 22 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Humor | 46 % | 30 % | 14 % | 18 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Humor | 46 % | 31 % | 14 % | 14 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Humor | 46 % | 35 % | 24 % | 14 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Curiosity | 51 % | 40 % | 41 % | 21 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Tension | 62 % | 46 % | 57 % | 38 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Tension | 74 % | 53 % | 70 % | 56 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Tension | 74 % | 54 % | 66 % | 60 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Curiosity | 68 % | 54 % | 57 % | 49 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Tension | 71 % | 58 % | 65 % | 36 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Tension | 74 % | 63 % | 69 % | 29 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Curiosity | 70 % | 63 % | 60 % | 34 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 69′ | Curiosity | 64 % | 56 % | 49 % | 38 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Curiosity | 55 % | 50 % | 40 % | 33 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Curiosity | 51 % | 49 % | 43 % | 31 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Curiosity | 57 % | 55 % | 51 % | 34 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Curiosity | 69 % | 63 % | 61 % | 48 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 96′ | Disturbing | 80 % | 64 % | 70 % | 69 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 102′ | Surprise | 78 % | 53 % | 56 % | 63 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 107′ | Surprise | 70 % | 37 % | 32 % | 40 % |
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
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Eileen Moses
Cabbie
Stewardess
Analea Sigvatsson
Details
- Directed by
- Randall Miller, Randall Miller
- Written by
- Randall Miller, Jody Savin, Randall Miller
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2007
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Confusion
- Data updated
Where to watch
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