The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 · 105 min · Director: Peter Hedges
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
After receiving bad news from a fertility doctor, Cindy and Jim Green try to bury their dreams of having a child by writing out all the great traits their child would have and putting them in a box in the garden. During a freak storm in the middle of the night, they awake to find a boy named Timothy, with leaves growing from his ankles, standing in their kitchen calling them mom and dad. Cindy and Jim are thrown into the midst of parenthood and over the coming months, Timothy will teach them more than they could have imagined about being parents and raising a child, no matter how he comes into their lives.
Emotional fingerprint
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Love 25%, Sadness 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 Empathy, Love, Sadness. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Love and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.
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Emotional journey
- Hope
- Sadness
- Joy
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Hope | Sadness | Joy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Sadness | 60 % | 23 % | 57 % | 18 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Sadness | 58 % | 26 % | 44 % | 25 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Tension | 49 % | 18 % | 15 % | 18 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Humor | 45 % | 16 % | 0 % | 21 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Joy | 48 % | 25 % | 3 % | 36 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 29′ | Joy | 44 % | 23 % | 10 % | 30 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Tension | 41 % | 15 % | 16 % | 16 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Tension | 45 % | 14 % | 19 % | 20 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Joy | 46 % | 19 % | 20 % | 31 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Joy | 46 % | 30 % | 18 % | 33 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Hope | 49 % | 39 % | 14 % | 27 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Humor | 49 % | 36 % | 14 % | 26 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Joy | 50 % | 31 % | 14 % | 31 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Humor | 55 % | 30 % | 10 % | 36 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Joy | 59 % | 26 % | 14 % | 34 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Tension | 57 % | 21 % | 23 % | 29 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Joy | 60 % | 26 % | 35 % | 29 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Sadness | 72 % | 39 % | 59 % | 28 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 97′ | Sadness | 72 % | 49 % | 60 % | 23 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 102′ | Hope | 60 % | 52 % | 38 % | 18 % |
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
Timothy Green
Bobby Crudstaff
Dash Best
Billy CrudStaff
Little Boy in Elevator
Doug Wert
Details
- Directed by
- Peter Hedges
- Written by
- Peter Hedges, Ahmet Zappa
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2012
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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