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Boy A

2007 · 106 min · Director: John Crowley ★ IMDb 7.5 · 40,301 ratings

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A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy weighs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past.

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Emotional fingerprint

Boy A (2007) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Guilt15%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Empathy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Tension
Sadness
Empathy
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 48 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy33 %18 %13 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness40 %28 %24 %32 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension46 %39 %25 %31 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension48 %43 %18 %26 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension45 %38 %14 %24 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Love44 %33 %18 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Sadness48 %33 %21 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Love51 %31 %15 %34 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Love59 %41 %23 %46 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Tension70 %54 %46 %60 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Sadness69 %45 %46 %56 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Love53 %32 %20 %34 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Tension44 %35 %9 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Tension54 %49 %20 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Tension65 %60 %31 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Tension70 %65 %44 %50 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension79 %74 %53 %59 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Tension83 %78 %49 %55 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Tension81 %68 %59 %59 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Sadness85 %57 %78 %73 %
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

KL
Katie Lyons

Michelle

AO
Alfie Owen

Eric Wilson

JY
James Young

Zeb

TD
Taylor Doherty

Philip Craig

AL
Anthony Lewis

Steve

TV
Tilly Vosburgh

Shopkeeper

JA
Josef Altin

Bully

SB
Skye Bennett

Angela

SP
Steven Pacey

Prosecution Barrister

Details

Directed by
John Crowley
Written by
Mark O'Rowe, Jonathan Trigell
Type
Movies
Released
2007
Runtime
106 min
Country
United Kingdom
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 40,301 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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