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Falling Up

2009 · 98 min · Director: David M. Rosenthal ★ IMDb 5.6 · 2,935 ratings

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A nursing student (Cross) forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents (Roemer).

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Falling Up (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Love 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
25%Love
  1. Humor30%
  2. Love25%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Empathy. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Love
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Relief

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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 23 %, then rises around 43 %, then peaks around 53 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorLoveTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension50 %28 %12 %32 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sadness51 %31 %10 %24 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sadness44 %30 %8 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Sadness36 %29 %9 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor35 %31 %11 %19 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Humor39 %32 %11 %29 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Tension44 %35 %10 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Humor41 %36 %18 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Love46 %33 %24 %26 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Tension64 %31 %23 %48 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Relief66 %33 %30 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Love56 %26 %41 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Love56 %18 %38 %33 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Sadness56 %21 %25 %40 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Humor53 %36 %20 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Humor55 %44 %21 %36 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Sadness55 %38 %30 %33 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Love54 %34 %41 %29 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Relief55 %35 %45 %23 %
97.5 %≈ 96′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

Joseph Cross

Henry O'Shea

Rachael Leigh Cook

Caitlin O'Shea

CL
Claudette Lalí

Mercedes

Mimi Rogers

Meredith

Annette O'Toole

Grace O'Shea

SP
Sam Page

Buck

FS
Frankie Shaw

Gretchen

GC
Gordon Clapp

Colin O'Shea

Peter Jason

John O'Shea

MC
Maria Cina

Mrs. Silverman

MP
Michael Panes

Laszlo

JF
John Farrage

Sarkis Papodopoulos

DN
Daniel Newman

Jake Weaver

SP
Sam Pancake

Ray

ET
Ellen Travolta

Dean Swift

GB
Gerry Bednob

Cabbie

Details

Directed by
David M. Rosenthal
Written by
David M. Rosenthal, Peter Kellner, Joseph M. Smith
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.6 · 2,935 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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