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Happy

2012 · 75 min · Director: Roko Belic ★ IMDb 7.2 · 3,457 ratings

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HAPPY takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, HAPPY explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.

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Happy (2012) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 30%, Empathy 25%, Joy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Joy20%
  2. Hope15%
  3. Awe10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Empathy, Joy. Genres: Drama, Documentary, Family. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Empathy and Joy. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Inspiration
  • Empathy
  • Happiness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Happiness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Inspiration

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Empathy
Happiness
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 dips around 68 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityInspirationEmpathyHappiness
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity40 %15 %8 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Curiosity43 %23 %8 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 9′Happiness44 %29 %8 %31 %
17.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity43 %26 %14 %26 %
22.5 %≈ 17′Curiosity55 %26 %39 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 21′Empathy68 %36 %55 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 24′Curiosity56 %40 %39 %31 %
37.5 %≈ 28′Happiness49 %28 %30 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 32′Sadness53 %18 %31 %11 %
47.5 %≈ 36′Curiosity48 %26 %24 %15 %
52.5 %≈ 39′Happiness46 %36 %28 %34 %
57.5 %≈ 43′Happiness50 %34 %34 %39 %
62.5 %≈ 47′Curiosity43 %24 %25 %27 %
67.5 %≈ 51′Curiosity40 %25 %23 %24 %
72.5 %≈ 54′Inspiration59 %45 %45 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 58′Empathy69 %55 %63 %31 %
82.5 %≈ 62′Inspiration56 %46 %49 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 66′Curiosity55 %46 %44 %19 %
92.5 %≈ 69′Empathy66 %58 %53 %24 %
97.5 %≈ 73′Inspiration67 %62 %43 %33 %
Man in a hole

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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Marci Shimoff

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Gregory Berns

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Ed Diener

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Roy Blanchard

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Richard Davidson

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Tenzin Gyatso

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Richard Davison

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Daniel Gilbert

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Tim Kasser

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Sonja Lyubomirsky

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Nic Marks

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Details

Directed by
Roko Belic
Written by
Roko Belic
Type
Movies
Released
2012
Runtime
75 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 3,457 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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