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Nothing Like the Holidays

2008 · 98 min · Director: Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa, Alfredo De Villa ★ IMDb 6.1 · 5,105 ratings

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A Puerto Rican family living in the area of Humboldt Park in west Chicago face what may be their last Christmas together.

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Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Humor 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Love
25%Humor
  1. Love30%
  2. Humor25%

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Humor and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 63/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Love
  • Sadness
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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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 3 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveSadnessHumor
2.5 %≈ 2′Joy45 %28 %2 %38 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor51 %36 %4 %48 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Love54 %39 %6 %50 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor53 %34 %9 %48 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor56 %30 %16 %43 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Tension59 %25 %30 %33 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Sadness57 %26 %30 %38 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Humor61 %26 %26 %46 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Sadness68 %21 %46 %36 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Sadness73 %20 %65 %26 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Sadness70 %21 %56 %30 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Humor58 %28 %35 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Love50 %39 %24 %31 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Joy55 %41 %21 %20 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Tension63 %34 %29 %23 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Sadness70 %41 %51 %27 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Sadness75 %56 %66 %23 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Sadness70 %57 %51 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Love56 %50 %20 %26 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Love42 %40 %3 %15 %
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

Alfred Molina

Edy Rodriguez

Elizabeth Peña

Anna Rodriguez

Luis Guzmán

Johnny

Vanessa Ferlito

Roxanna Rodriguez

Melonie Diaz

Marissa

AB
Alexander Bautista

Hector

RJ
Ramses Jimenez

Fernando

Manny Perez

Alexis

CM
Claudia Michelle Wallace

Tina

CH
Cheryl Hamada

Dr. Susan Lee

MS
Manny Sosa

Father Torrres

DH
David Hernandez

Mr. Flores

SD
Sam Dyer

Customer

NR
Nydia Rodriguez Terracina

Alexis' Mom

UA
Ulises Acosta

Stock Boy

GR
Gail Rastorfer

Stewardess

Details

Directed by
Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa, Alfredo De Villa
Written by
Alison Swan, Rick Najera, Robert Teitel
Type
Movies
Released
2008
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 5,105 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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