Middle of Nowhere
2008 · 95 min · Director: John Stockwell, John Stockwell
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Summer in a small southern town: Grace wants to go to college, but her feckless mom has poisoned that well (no student loans because mom has welshed on credit cards in Grace's name). Dorian wants to escape from his snobbish adoptive parents. They team up to sell marijuana - she hopes for enough to go to college. Both investigate family secrets, and things get complicated when Dorian falls for her, Grace falls for someone else, and Grace's 15-year-old sister behaves badly. Can Dorian find independence and Grace get to college? And what constitutes a family, anyway?
Emotional fingerprint
Middle of Nowhere (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Melancholy 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy30%
- Melancholy25%
- Humor20%
- Love15%
- Hope10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Melancholy, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Melancholy and Humor. 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
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Tension
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Humor | 37 % | 25 % | 17 % | 17 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Empathy | 38 % | 26 % | 15 % | 21 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Humor | 38 % | 19 % | 9 % | 23 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Humor | 35 % | 11 % | 5 % | 23 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Humor | 34 % | 13 % | 5 % | 25 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Humor | 40 % | 23 % | 10 % | 31 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Empathy | 43 % | 34 % | 19 % | 29 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Hope | 44 % | 43 % | 28 % | 20 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Empathy | 48 % | 44 % | 29 % | 18 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Humor | 42 % | 33 % | 18 % | 21 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Humor | 40 % | 29 % | 15 % | 30 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Empathy | 48 % | 31 % | 19 % | 40 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Tension | 60 % | 35 % | 26 % | 53 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Sadness | 69 % | 48 % | 48 % | 59 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 69′ | Sadness | 66 % | 58 % | 57 % | 45 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Empathy | 66 % | 65 % | 57 % | 30 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Sadness | 66 % | 64 % | 54 % | 35 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Tension | 60 % | 55 % | 39 % | 38 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Hope | 59 % | 51 % | 30 % | 23 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Hope | 57 % | 45 % | 28 % | 10 % |
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
Ryan
Bonnie
Paulette Spitz
Vik
Joe
Details
- Directed by
- John Stockwell, John Stockwell
- Written by
- Michelle Morgan, Michelle Morgan
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2008
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
Where to watch
Rent
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