Bedtime Stories
2008 · 99 min · Director: Adam Shankman
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
In 1974, Marty Bronson builds the Sunny Vista Motel in Los Angeles, California, with the intention of raising his son Skeeter and his daughter Wendy in the place where he works. However he is not a good businessman and the hotel goes bankrupt. Marty is forced to sell his motel to Barry Nottingham who promises to hire Skeeter in a general manager position when he has grown up. Years later, Barry builds a new hotel; forgets his promise to Marty; and Skeeter Bronson is only the handyman of his hotel. The general manager is the arrogant Kendall, who is engaged with the shallow Barry's daughter Violet Nottingham. When the Webster Elementary School where Wendy is the principal will be closed to be demolished, she needs to travel to Arizona for a job interview. Wendy asks her friend Jill, who is teacher in the same school, to watch her son Patrick and her daughter Bobbi during the day and Skeeter to watch them during the night. Skeeter meets the estranged kids with his best friend Mickey and makes up bedtime stories to help them to sleep but the kids add details to the stories, changing their endings. Soon Skeeter realizes that the plot of the stories are coming true and affecting his life. Meanwhile Barry Nottingham decides to give a change to Skeeter to dispute the manager position in his new hotel with Kendall like in one of his stories. But Skeeter has told to his nephew and his niece that stories do not have happy endings.
Emotional fingerprint
Bedtime Stories (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Joy 25%, Surprise 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Humor35%
- Joy25%
- Surprise15%
- Love15%
- Satisfaction10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Joy, Surprise. Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Family. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Joy and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 62/100.
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Emotional journey
- Humor
- Relief
- Joy
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Humor | Relief | Joy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Humor | 32 % | 28 % | 0 % | 20 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Humor | 36 % | 35 % | 1 % | 19 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Humor | 40 % | 39 % | 3 % | 16 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Humor | 41 % | 39 % | 4 % | 19 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Humor | 43 % | 41 % | 6 % | 23 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Humor | 41 % | 41 % | 8 % | 23 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Humor | 45 % | 44 % | 11 % | 25 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Humor | 53 % | 48 % | 15 % | 23 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Humor | 51 % | 44 % | 10 % | 13 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Humor | 48 % | 38 % | 6 % | 16 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Joy | 50 % | 36 % | 13 % | 34 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Joy | 49 % | 39 % | 15 % | 38 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Humor | 46 % | 44 % | 10 % | 29 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 67′ | Humor | 51 % | 50 % | 9 % | 21 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Humor | 53 % | 50 % | 13 % | 16 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 77′ | Humor | 51 % | 38 % | 13 % | 14 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Sadness | 60 % | 24 % | 11 % | 13 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Tension | 73 % | 26 % | 31 % | 28 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Relief | 78 % | 33 % | 58 % | 50 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 97′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not 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
Bobbi
Young Skeeter
Young Wendy
Young Mrs. Dixon
Details
- Directed by
- Adam Shankman
- Written by
- Tim Herlihy, Matt Lopez
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2008
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom, Australia
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Humor
- Data updated
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