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Beautiful Kate

2009 · 90 min · Director: Rachel Ward, Rachel Ward ★ IMDb 6.6 · 4,431 ratings

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A writer, Ned Kendall, is asked to return to the family home by his sister Sally, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. The family home is in a very remote and isolated area. While back home, Ned starts having memories of his beautiful twin sister and himself when they were children. These memories awaken long-buried secrets of brother/sister sex from the family's past.

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Beautiful Kate (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Melancholy 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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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Melancholy, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Melancholy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

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Empathy
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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 8 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor48 %11 %21 %16 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Empathy47 %20 %33 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Sadness48 %32 %40 %36 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Sadness53 %42 %41 %44 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Sadness58 %46 %41 %47 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Tension56 %34 %36 %46 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Humor52 %23 %33 %41 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Tension56 %30 %41 %45 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Empathy62 %43 %53 %49 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Sadness69 %47 %49 %53 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Disturbing76 %48 %40 %65 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Tension77 %55 %44 %72 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Tension75 %56 %46 %68 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Disturbing74 %50 %46 %61 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Empathy69 %44 %47 %58 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Tension68 %45 %49 %54 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Empathy74 %57 %56 %50 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Sadness80 %71 %63 %58 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Sadness83 %77 %71 %50 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Sadness80 %73 %76 %24 %
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

Ben Mendelsohn

Ned Kendall

MD
Maeve Dermody

Toni

Rachel Griffiths

Sally Kendall

SL
Sophie Lowe

Kate Kendall

JM
Josh McFarlane

Cliff Kendall

Bryan Brown

Bruce Kendall

SB
Suzie Boyaci

Emily Kendall (mum)

DB
Daniel Binks

Young Cliff Kendall

HB
Heloise Baker

Young Sally Kendall

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Eve Burner

Young Kate Kendall

BK
Briony Kent

Tamara

JC
Jarrah Cocks

Andy Cromer

SO
Scott O'Donnell

Young Ned Kendall

JC
John Clark

Priest

Details

Written by
Rachel Ward, Newton Thornburg, Rachel Ward
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
90 min
Country
Australia
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 4,431 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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