Charlie St. Cloud
2010 · 99 min · Director: Burr Steers, Burr Steers
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Fatherless golden high school boy Charlie St. Cloud had a golden future, handsome, popular and admitted to Stanford on a scholarship, even recruited for a prestigious yacht sailing team. But shortly after graduating, Charlie feels existentially guilty about the death of his doting, beloved kid brother Sam whom he was driving to a playmate when a crashing car killed the junior. Charlie pledges to continue the baseball practice he promised to continue until entering Stanford, which he now ditches fro a menial job as graveyard keeper, while their mother shamelessly moved out of state, and tends to the grave of his Vietnam-killed former school buddy Sully, the second ghost who binds his sole to their beach home town. He's finally tempted to start living his own life again when he meets a female sailor his age about to embark on a transatlantic voyage and spends a ho night, but still can't 'leave Sam'. Only when he hears the authorities give up searching for her, having gone missing at sea during a storm, he misses a 'practice' at the beach when the morning canon is fired to sail hoping to save her life.
Emotional fingerprint
Charlie St. Cloud (2010) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Empathy 25%, Love 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 Sadness, Empathy, Love. Genres: Drama, Romance, Fantasy. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.
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Emotional journey
- Love
- Sadness
- Tension
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Love | Sadness | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Humor | 52 % | 30 % | 3 % | 25 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Love | 61 % | 34 % | 21 % | 29 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Sadness | 66 % | 34 % | 48 % | 39 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Love | 51 % | 29 % | 44 % | 25 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Sadness | 41 % | 24 % | 35 % | 14 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Sadness | 45 % | 24 % | 40 % | 18 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Sadness | 48 % | 21 % | 34 % | 21 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Tension | 45 % | 21 % | 18 % | 30 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Love | 44 % | 30 % | 16 % | 36 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Love | 49 % | 39 % | 26 % | 34 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Love | 57 % | 51 % | 26 % | 24 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Love | 69 % | 64 % | 34 % | 25 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Sadness | 77 % | 60 % | 57 % | 46 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 67′ | Tension | 80 % | 44 % | 70 % | 63 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Sadness | 80 % | 41 % | 69 % | 64 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 77′ | Love | 83 % | 53 % | 55 % | 71 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Tension | 85 % | 54 % | 30 % | 65 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Relief | 85 % | 59 % | 31 % | 29 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Love | 87 % | 73 % | 57 % | 7 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 97′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Riches to rags
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
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Details
- Directed by
- Burr Steers, Burr Steers
- Written by
- Lewis Colick, Craig Pearce, Ben Sherwood
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2010
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Country
- Canada, United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
Where to watch
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