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Encounter

2021 · 108 min · Director: Michael Pearce ★ IMDb 5.9 · 11,795 ratings

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A Marine Corps veteran suffering from PTSD takes his kids from California to Groom Lake, Nevada. He tells his children that alien parasites have landed on Earth to take over the planet. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.

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Encounter (2021) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Curiosity 30%, Anxiety 25%, Confusion 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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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Curiosity, Anxiety, Confusion. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Curiosity, Anxiety and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 5.9/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 60/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Tension
Empathy
Sadness
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 intensityTensionEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension43 %35 %20 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Empathy45 %24 %35 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Empathy51 %28 %44 %16 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension60 %51 %43 %18 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension63 %60 %44 %18 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Empathy56 %51 %45 %15 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Tension59 %55 %50 %23 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Tension69 %66 %55 %34 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Tension69 %66 %51 %33 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Tension61 %56 %49 %30 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Empathy61 %55 %48 %33 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Tension66 %63 %46 %31 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Empathy66 %63 %52 %33 %
67.5 %≈ 73′Tension66 %63 %59 %35 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Tension71 %69 %65 %43 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Empathy76 %66 %71 %56 %
82.5 %≈ 89′Sadness80 %64 %73 %57 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Tension88 %79 %78 %54 %
92.5 %≈ 100′Empathy81 %70 %73 %54 %
97.5 %≈ 105′Hope62 %37 %53 %47 %
Man in a hole

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

LC
Lucian-River Chauhan

Rory Cochrane

Shepard West

AG
Aditya Geddada

Bobby Khan

MC
Misha Collins

Dylan

SM
Shane McRae

Lance

AJ
Antonio Jaramillo

Raul

BK
Brennan Keel Cook

Dwight McKinley

BD
Bill Dawes

Kurt McKinley

AS
Alisha Seaton

Mother

PN
Peter Nikkos

Malik's Doppelgänger

SS
Stefan Sims

Ernie

AM
Aarush Mehta

Baby Jay Khan

MB
Melissa Bailey

Cashier

Details

Directed by
Michael Pearce
Written by
Joe Barton, Michael Pearce
Type
Movies
Released
2021
Runtime
108 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.9 · 11,795 ratings
Feels mostly
Curiosity
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