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In Her Skin

2009 · 107 min · Director: Simone North ★ IMDb 6.4 · 6,096 ratings

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Consumed with self loathing, 19-year-old Caroline covets, stalks, abducts and then murders 15-year-old Rachel Barber whom she considers "perfect." Rachel's disappearance triggers an electric reaction from her parents and her boyfriend. Later, the police misinterpret Rachel's disappearance and believe she simply ran away from home.

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In Her Skin (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Fear 25%, Disturbing 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 Sadness, Fear, Disturbing. Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Fear and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Anxiety

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Sympathy
Sadness
Tension
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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Anxiety63 %45 %40 %52 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Anxiety68 %53 %35 %60 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Anxiety73 %60 %35 %68 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension80 %68 %50 %68 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Sadness84 %73 %70 %58 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Sadness75 %61 %64 %49 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Disturbing66 %49 %49 %49 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Sadness71 %50 %50 %56 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Disturbing80 %51 %40 %71 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Tension87 %60 %34 %85 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Disturbing92 %69 %51 %86 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Disturbing89 %65 %59 %76 %
62.5 %≈ 67′Sympathy81 %65 %50 %70 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Tension76 %63 %46 %71 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Tension77 %54 %45 %75 %
77.5 %≈ 83′Tension81 %49 %38 %80 %
82.5 %≈ 88′Tension86 %59 %48 %79 %
87.5 %≈ 94′Sadness93 %81 %77 %61 %
92.5 %≈ 99′Sadness87 %81 %84 %34 %
97.5 %≈ 104′Sadness72 %62 %68 %17 %
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

Sam Neill

Mr. Reid

Miranda Otto

Mrs. Barber

KB
Kate Bell

Rachel Barber

JC
Justine Clarke

Irene

KC
Khan Chittenden

Manni

JS
Jeremy Sims

Mclean

SV
Steven Vidler

Drew

JF
Jack Finsterer

Patterson

RG
Rebecca Gibney

Mrs. Reid

DC
Diane Craig

Joy

GB
Graeme Blundell

Ivan

EG
Eugene Gilfedder

DePyle

KA
Kelley Abbey

Zoe

MA
Maya Aleksandra

Skye

TB
Timothy Boyle

Policeman 4

DK
Dena Kaplan

Girl With Pram

MA
Melissa Andersen

Janice

DG
Damien Garvey

Box Hill Cop

Details

Directed by
Simone North
Written by
Simone North
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
107 min
Country
Australia
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 6,096 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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