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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009 · 175 min · Director: David Prior ★ IMDb 7.5 · 42,262 ratings

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Benjamin Button was born as a old man and aged in reverse. He was abandoned and raised in old age home and falls in love with a girl he mets there.

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Emotional fingerprint

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Empathy 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Empathy, Nostalgia. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitlesapproximate
  • Curiosity
  • Joy
  • Awe

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Joy

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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

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Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityJoyAwe
2.5 %≈ 4′Sadness38 %32 %18 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity38 %35 %16 %10 %
12.5 %≈ 22′Curiosity36 %36 %11 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 31′Curiosity35 %35 %9 %6 %
22.5 %≈ 39′Curiosity38 %38 %15 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 48′Curiosity39 %39 %19 %10 %
32.5 %≈ 57′Curiosity36 %36 %16 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 66′Curiosity36 %36 %15 %10 %
42.5 %≈ 74′Curiosity36 %35 %16 %10 %
47.5 %≈ 83′Joy35 %33 %16 %6 %
52.5 %≈ 92′Curiosity39 %38 %11 %9 %
57.5 %≈ 101′Curiosity44 %44 %8 %15 %
62.5 %≈ 109′Curiosity44 %44 %10 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 118′Curiosity43 %41 %11 %20 %
72.5 %≈ 127′Curiosity41 %39 %10 %19 %
77.5 %≈ 136′Curiosity36 %35 %13 %14 %
82.5 %≈ 144′Curiosity34 %34 %13 %8 %
87.5 %≈ 153′Curiosity36 %36 %10 %6 %
92.5 %≈ 162′Curiosity39 %34 %18 %9 %
97.5 %≈ 171′Joy42 %28 %28 %10 %

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Cast

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Kathleen Kennedy

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Joshua Donen

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Eric Roth

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Brad Pitt

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William Doyle

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Donald Graham Burt

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Jim Davidson

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Victor J. Zolfo

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Bob Wagner

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Greg Cannom

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Claudio Miranda

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Peter Mavromates

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Burt Dalton

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Details

Directed by
David Prior
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
175 min
Country
USA
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 42,262 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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