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Joy

2024 · 115 min · Director: Ben Taylor ★ IMDb 7.1 · 12,232 ratings

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3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media, and medical establishment in their pursuit of the world's first 'test tube baby,' Louise Joy Brown.

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Joy (2024) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Hope 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

20%Hope
  1. Hope20%
  2. Love10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Hope. Genres: Drama, History, Biography. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Hope. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Hope
  • Joy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Joy

Empathy
Hope
Joy
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyHopeJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Hope40 %15 %40 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Hope44 %16 %44 %24 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Hope50 %24 %44 %27 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Tension51 %38 %33 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Empathy51 %44 %33 %18 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Hope57 %48 %38 %20 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Empathy64 %59 %26 %18 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Sadness64 %57 %20 %15 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Tension64 %50 %28 %23 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Empathy68 %57 %30 %28 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Sadness69 %65 %23 %18 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Empathy69 %68 %20 %14 %
62.5 %≈ 72′Empathy71 %69 %32 %18 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Hope68 %59 %48 %15 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Tension65 %55 %46 %10 %
77.5 %≈ 89′Empathy70 %64 %45 %15 %
82.5 %≈ 95′Hope76 %65 %59 %41 %
87.5 %≈ 101′Joy85 %64 %68 %74 %
92.5 %≈ 106′Joy90 %65 %67 %88 %
97.5 %≈ 112′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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

James Norton

Robert Edwards

Thomasin McKenzie

Jean Purdy

Charlie Murphy

Trisha Johnson

RS
Rish Shah

Arun

CC
Cecily Cleeve

Caroline

ED
Eoin Duffy

Colin

MH
Mariam Haque

Marie

AM
Abbiegail Mills

Meg (Older)

OS
Olivia Sellers

Sara

Joanna Scanlan

Gladys May

TM
Tanya Moodie

Muriel

EB
Ella Bruccoleri

Lesley Brown

DM
Douggie McMeekin

John Brown

MJ
Miles Jupp

George

LH
Louisa Harland

Rachel

TW
Toby Williams

Mr. Miller

NS
Nicolay Shulik

Julio

AL
Adrian Lukis

Professor Mason

SD
Surinder Duhra

Mr. Sandhu

Details

Directed by
Ben Taylor
Written by
Jack Thorne, Rachel Mason, Emma Gordon, Jack Thorne, Shaun Topp
Type
Movies
Released
2024
Runtime
115 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 12,232 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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