The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009 · 98 min · Director: Rebecca Miller, Rebecca Miller
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Pippa Lee feels dislocated when she and her husband Herb move from Manhattan to a retirement community. He's older than she, they have two children who are young adults, and the daughter hardly speaks to Pippa. Pippa tells us about her life, in long flashbacks, starting with her birth to a mom who was a social dynamo and addicted to pills. As a teen, Pippa moves out and lives a hippie life until meeting Herb, who was then married to a young siren. Pippa discloses tragedies and discoveries. In the present, she's sleepwalking at night and talking from time to time with a burned-out case, the 35-year-old son of a neighbor. Can Pippa connect?
Emotional fingerprint
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Melancholy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy30%
- Melancholy25%
- Love20%
- Sadness15%
- Curiosity10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Melancholy, Love. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Melancholy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Hope
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Hope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Humor | 43 % | 28 % | 16 % | 9 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Humor | 41 % | 31 % | 21 % | 9 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Humor | 39 % | 31 % | 22 % | 9 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Humor | 45 % | 38 % | 27 % | 8 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Empathy | 54 % | 49 % | 36 % | 8 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Empathy | 54 % | 51 % | 36 % | 12 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Empathy | 51 % | 49 % | 36 % | 15 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Humor | 48 % | 46 % | 32 % | 17 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Empathy | 48 % | 44 % | 26 % | 19 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Tension | 53 % | 45 % | 31 % | 17 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Sadness | 55 % | 49 % | 41 % | 19 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Empathy | 58 % | 57 % | 51 % | 24 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Sadness | 64 % | 63 % | 53 % | 28 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Empathy | 69 % | 61 % | 50 % | 27 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Sadness | 74 % | 61 % | 54 % | 22 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Empathy | 72 % | 62 % | 56 % | 21 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Sadness | 67 % | 65 % | 53 % | 26 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Empathy | 70 % | 71 % | 56 % | 44 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Sadness | 77 % | 70 % | 51 % | 65 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 96′ | Hope | 80 % | 60 % | 32 % | 75 % |
Man in a hole
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
Don Sexton
Young Pippa, 7
Chester Sarkissian - Age 22
Shelly
Details
- Directed by
- Rebecca Miller, Rebecca Miller
- Written by
- Rebecca Miller, Rebecca Miller
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2009
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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