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50/50

2011 · 100 min · Director: Jonathan Levine ★ IMDb 7.6 · 357,420 ratings

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Adam is a 27 year old writer of radio programs and is diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. With the help of his best friend, his mother, and a young therapist at the cancer center, Adam learns what and who the most important things in his life are.

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50/50 (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Hope 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

20%Hope
  1. Hope20%
  2. Humor15%
  3. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Hope. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Hope. 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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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Empathy
Sadness
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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 3 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessRelief
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor40 %20 %8 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor48 %33 %23 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Empathy54 %49 %38 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Empathy51 %50 %38 %6 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor46 %44 %30 %6 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Empathy48 %43 %27 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor48 %38 %25 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Humor50 %35 %26 %6 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension57 %38 %27 %8 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Humor53 %35 %20 %8 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Humor44 %35 %19 %8 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Empathy44 %39 %28 %9 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Sadness54 %48 %44 %9 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Sadness71 %61 %60 %4 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension79 %66 %60 %1 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Tension74 %64 %50 %5 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Empathy73 %66 %48 %8 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Empathy80 %73 %46 %26 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Relief73 %61 %29 %49 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Relief52 %40 %13 %42 %
Cinderella

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

Anna Kendrick

Katherine McKay

Anjelica Huston

Diane Lerner

Serge Houde

Richard Lerner

Andrew Airlie

Dr. Ross

SL
Sugar Lyn Beard

Susan

DY
Donna Yamamoto

Dr. Walderson

YJ
Yee Jee Tso

Dr. Lee

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Sarah Smyth

Jenny

Daniel Bacon

Dr. Phillips

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Laura Bertram

Claire

Details

Directed by
Jonathan Levine
Written by
Will Reiser
Type
Movies
Released
2011
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 357,420 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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