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Heart of Champions

2021 · 119 min · Director: Michael Mailer ★ IMDb 6.1 · 4,168 ratings

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During their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates' lives are changed forever when an army vet takes over as coach of their dysfunctional rowing team.

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Heart of Champions (2021) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 35%, Excitement 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Excitement, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Sport. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Excitement and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Empathy
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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 13 %, then rises around 73 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Excitement52 %7 %13 %47 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Tension41 %8 %17 %34 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Hope37 %11 %19 %27 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Tension40 %12 %18 %27 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Hope39 %11 %17 %23 %
27.5 %≈ 33′Hope39 %8 %21 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 39′Hope44 %7 %27 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 45′Hope48 %5 %24 %28 %
42.5 %≈ 51′Hope50 %14 %26 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 57′Sadness53 %28 %33 %41 %
52.5 %≈ 62′Excitement52 %26 %31 %43 %
57.5 %≈ 68′Tension55 %24 %31 %40 %
62.5 %≈ 74′Hope61 %33 %40 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 80′Sadness64 %46 %49 %44 %
72.5 %≈ 86′Tension71 %56 %53 %63 %
77.5 %≈ 92′Tension82 %71 %66 %64 %
82.5 %≈ 98′Sadness86 %77 %76 %45 %
87.5 %≈ 104′Hope82 %60 %65 %47 %
92.5 %≈ 110′Excitement82 %41 %47 %66 %
97.5 %≈ 116′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Cinderella

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

Michael Shannon

Jack Murphy

AC
Andrew Creer

MJ

AS
Ash Santos

Nisha

LK
Lilly Krug

Sara

CC
Caroline Cole

Lili

DJ
David James Elliott

Singleton

MT
Michael Tacconi

Ted

DC
David Cade

Lance

AH
Anton Hedayat

Diver

SS
Spencer Squire

Ben

JL
Jon Lemmon

Jake

TK
Thomas Kasp

Logan

Lance E. Nichols

President Jack Harris

VW
Vernon Wiggins

Race Spectator

WP
Wendy Prior Fentress

Regatta Judge

LM
Linda Muri

Regatta Judge

PT
Peighton Tubre

Girl at the Bar (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Michael Mailer
Written by
Vojin Gjaja
Type
Movies
Released
2021
Runtime
119 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama, Sport
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 4,168 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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