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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

2012 · 101 min · Director: Lorene Scafaria ★ IMDb 6.7 · 124,015 ratings

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An asteroid named "Matilda" is on a collision course towards Earth and in three weeks the world will come to an absolute end. What would you do if your life and the world were doomed? One man decides to spend his time searching for his long lost love from high school during the coming catastrophe.

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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love15%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Sadness
Empathy
Love
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 73 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor57 %37 %27 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness56 %35 %30 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor63 %39 %36 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Sadness63 %48 %48 %15 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Sadness60 %39 %44 %16 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Tension65 %26 %33 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor65 %30 %32 %11 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Tension66 %29 %33 %16 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Humor68 %19 %29 %25 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Humor66 %30 %41 %30 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Empathy70 %49 %63 %34 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Empathy66 %44 %61 %40 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Love59 %34 %49 %45 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Love56 %34 %45 %49 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Love55 %39 %49 %45 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Empathy65 %45 %60 %50 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Love79 %54 %66 %55 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Sadness85 %70 %69 %53 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Love80 %71 %63 %63 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Love65 %55 %42 %63 %
Icarus

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

Rob Corddry

Warren

Derek Luke

Alan Speck

Martin Sheen

Frank Petersen

Melanie Lynskey

Karen Amalfi

NC
Nancy Carell

Linda Petersen

Gillian Jacobs

Waitress / Katie

T.J. Miller

Chipper Host / Darcy

Bob Stephenson

Officer Wally Johnson

BM
Brad Morris

Radio Announcer (voice)

Mark Moses

Anchorman

Rob Huebel

Jeremy

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Trisha Gorman

Crying Woman

TC
Tonita Castro

Elsa

Details

Directed by
Lorene Scafaria
Written by
Lorene Scafaria
Type
Movies
Released
2012
Runtime
101 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 124,015 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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