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Conviction

2010 · 107 min · Director: Tony Goldwyn, Tony Goldwyn ★ IMDb 7.2 · 48,552 ratings

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Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.

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Emotional fingerprint

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

  1. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Tension. Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Relief

Empathy
Sadness
Relief
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 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessRelief
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy30 %22 %7 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension40 %23 %9 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension53 %26 %15 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension60 %34 %26 %5 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension70 %48 %46 %1 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Sadness78 %64 %63 %1 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Empathy75 %69 %63 %3 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Sadness71 %63 %54 %5 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Hope65 %51 %40 %9 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Tension61 %50 %41 %6 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Sadness61 %54 %44 %5 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Hope63 %49 %28 %21 %
62.5 %≈ 67′Hope73 %46 %14 %50 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Hope81 %53 %24 %51 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Sadness76 %59 %46 %23 %
77.5 %≈ 83′Hope66 %59 %50 %9 %
82.5 %≈ 88′Empathy70 %63 %43 %29 %
87.5 %≈ 94′Relief83 %74 %39 %61 %
92.5 %≈ 99′Empathy74 %64 %38 %53 %
97.5 %≈ 104′Sadness52 %35 %35 %20 %
Rags to riches

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

Sam Rockwell

Kenny Waters

Minnie Driver

Abra Rice

Peter Gallagher

Barry Scheck

Ari Graynor

Mandy Marsh

Loren Dean

Rick Miller

CD
Conor Donovan

Richard Miller

Owen Campbell

Ben Miller

TC
Tobias Campbell

Young Kenny

Bailee Madison

Young Betty Anne

Clea DuVall

Brenda Marsh

KY
Karen Young

Elizabeth Waters

Talia Balsam

Prosecuting Attorney

Juliette Lewis

Roseanna Perry

TD
Thomas D. Mahard

Law Professor

LB
Laurie Brown

Law Professor 2

EB
Ele Bardha

Don

RM
Rusty Mewha

Desk Sergeant

Details

Written by
Pamela Gray
Type
Movies
Released
2010
Runtime
107 min
Country
Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 48,552 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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