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Athlete A

2020 · 105 min · Director: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk ★ IMDb 7.6 · 13,635 ratings

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Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts like Maggie Nichols.

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Athlete A (2020) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Anger 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Anger, Sadness. Genres: Documentary, Crime, Sport. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Anger and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Anger
  • Empathy
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Anger

Anger
Empathy
Disturbing
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 38 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityAngerEmpathyDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Hope49 %23 %33 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Disturbing57 %38 %36 %45 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Empathy59 %36 %48 %46 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Empathy60 %34 %59 %45 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Empathy65 %43 %63 %54 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Empathy68 %54 %61 %60 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Disturbing75 %65 %63 %70 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Disturbing85 %74 %70 %83 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Disturbing82 %63 %71 %70 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Empathy65 %34 %58 %34 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Empathy58 %30 %51 %26 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Sadness66 %46 %56 %50 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Disturbing74 %60 %61 %65 %
67.5 %≈ 71′Anger82 %76 %66 %69 %
72.5 %≈ 76′Anger86 %81 %63 %74 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Disturbing87 %65 %66 %68 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Hope82 %51 %74 %49 %
87.5 %≈ 92′Anger73 %54 %66 %39 %
92.5 %≈ 97′Hope68 %57 %54 %35 %
97.5 %≈ 102′Anger67 %60 %43 %35 %
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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

MN
Maggie Nichols

GN
Gina Nichols

JD
Jamie Dantzscher

Self

JN
John Nichols

MA
Mark Alesia

Self - Investigations Reporter, The Indianapolis Star

RD
Rachael Denhollander

Self

GP
Géza Poszar

Self - Karolyi Choreographer

TT
Tracee Talavera

Self - USA Olympic Team 1984

JS
Jennifer Sey

Self

Details

Directed by
Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk
Type
Movies
Released
2020
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 13,635 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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