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Swimming for Gold

2020 · 91 min · Director: Hayley MacFarlane ★ IMDb 5.5 · 740 ratings

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When Claire Carpenter's dad sends her to Australia to coach an elite boys swim team, Claire finds herself face to face with long-time rival Mikayla Michaels, and the news that the camp will close if the team loses the next meet. To save the camp, Claire must overcome a secret fear, put aside her differences with Mikayla and rediscover her passion.

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Swimming for Gold (2020) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Inspiration 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Inspiration and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 5.5/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 62/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Joy
  • Hope
  • Humor

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Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Hope

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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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then dips around 33 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityJoyHopeHumor
2.5 %≈ 2′Empathy43 %15 %18 %30 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor43 %16 %19 %38 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor45 %19 %14 %46 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor49 %18 %14 %49 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor49 %15 %20 %46 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor45 %18 %20 %45 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Humor43 %18 %18 %43 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Humor43 %15 %21 %40 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Humor46 %15 %25 %35 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Empathy51 %16 %24 %26 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Empathy53 %23 %30 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Empathy55 %34 %44 %30 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Joy55 %39 %49 %32 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Hope53 %33 %44 %28 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Empathy56 %33 %45 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Hope63 %45 %56 %28 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Joy68 %57 %63 %25 %
87.5 %≈ 80′Joy75 %68 %61 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Joy80 %75 %55 %31 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Joy78 %77 %48 %47 %
Rags to riches

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

Peyton List

Claire Carpenter

LE
Lauren Esposito

DN
Daniel Needs

ON
Olivia Nardini

Annabelle Shumpert

JM
Johrel Martschinke

Cooper

RC
Ray Chong Nee

Coach Bodhi

MD
Martin Dingle Wall

Calvin Carpenter

CH
Candice Hill

Jill Millions

AC
Alexa Curtis

Jordan

LA
Loren Arcadio

Elsa Chang

LH
Liam Hop Yek Dodds

Richard Chang

JB
Janelle Bailey

Liam's Mum

SN
Steve Nation

Liam's Dad

SO
Susie O’Neill

Herself (Judge)

Details

Directed by
Hayley MacFarlane
Written by
Eric Bergemann
Type
Movies
Released
2020
Runtime
91 min
Country
Australia
Genres
Family, Sport
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 740 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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