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The Bang Bang Club

2010 · 106 min · Director: Steven Silver ★ IMDb 6.9 · 12,059 ratings

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A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.

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The Bang Bang Club (2010) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Tension 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Tension, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, History, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Tension and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Empathy

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Tension
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 dips around 28 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension57 %22 %52 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension64 %28 %59 %38 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Disturbing65 %28 %55 %38 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Joy57 %16 %45 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension58 %10 %46 %13 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Joy53 %14 %39 %15 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Tension57 %31 %48 %31 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Disturbing75 %41 %70 %45 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Tension70 %31 %63 %41 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Empathy55 %23 %41 %36 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Joy60 %20 %46 %39 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Tension69 %25 %64 %46 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Tension69 %44 %56 %56 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Sadness78 %71 %45 %73 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Sadness83 %79 %44 %77 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Sadness79 %58 %54 %61 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension85 %41 %77 %51 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Tension93 %59 %76 %66 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Sadness85 %75 %41 %71 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Sadness68 %65 %17 %55 %
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

Ryan Phillippe

Greg Marinovich

Taylor Kitsch

Kevin Carter

FR
Frank Rautenbach

Ken Oosterbroek

Nv
Neels van Jaarsveld

Joao Silva

RS
Russel Savadier

Ronald Graham

AF
Ashley Friedlander

Roxy

Patrick Lyster

James Nachtwey

NM
Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

LB
Lika Berning

Vivian

Details

Directed by
Steven Silver
Written by
Steven Silver, Greg Marinovich, João Silva
Type
Movies
Released
2010
Runtime
106 min
Country
Canada, South Africa
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 12,059 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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