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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2009 · 91 min · Director: Werner Herzog ★ IMDb 6.1 · 11,739 ratings

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Inspired by a true crime, a man begins to experience mystifying events that lead him to slay his mother with a sword.

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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Disturbing 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Disturbing, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Disturbing and Anxiety. 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

AI · from subtitles
  • Disturbing
  • Tension
  • Confusion

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Confusion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Disturbing
Tension
Confusion
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityDisturbingTensionConfusion
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor36 %18 %28 %16 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Disturbing46 %32 %40 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Tension57 %42 %51 %37 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Confusion54 %41 %44 %43 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor48 %39 %33 %43 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Confusion50 %40 %37 %41 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Sadness54 %40 %46 %36 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Tension58 %44 %49 %34 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Disturbing59 %53 %43 %32 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Disturbing57 %55 %42 %34 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Disturbing56 %51 %42 %43 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Confusion57 %50 %39 %49 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Disturbing62 %59 %45 %47 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Disturbing66 %55 %56 %37 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Tension60 %36 %52 %30 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Sadness52 %32 %35 %36 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Confusion54 %43 %38 %38 %
87.5 %≈ 80′Tension70 %62 %62 %33 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Disturbing82 %78 %77 %33 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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

Michael Shannon

Brad McCullum

Brad Dourif

Uncle Ted

Michael Peña

Detective Vargas

Loretta Devine

Miss Roberts

Udo Kier

Lee Meyers

Grace Zabriskie

Mrs. McCullum

Irma P. Hall

Mrs. Roberts

JL
Jenn Liu

Receptionist

Dave Bautista

Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team

BS
Brian Sounalath

Young Man

CC
Candice Coke

Officer Slocum

GP
Gabriel Pimentel

Little Man

BL
Braden Lynch

Gary

JC
James C. Burns

Brown

NA
Noel Arthur

Naval Guard

JR
Jesse Rodriguez

Officer Guarding Tape

JM
Julius Morck

Phil

FP
Fred Parnes

Male Bystander

Details

Directed by
Werner Herzog
Written by
Werner Herzog, Herbert Golder
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States, Germany
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 11,739 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
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