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Margin Call

2011 · 107 min · Director: J.C. Chandor ★ IMDb 7.1 · 166,035 ratings

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A respected financial company is downsizing, and one of the victims is the risk-management division head, who was working on a major analysis just when he was let go. His protégé completes the study late into the night, then frantically calls his colleagues in about the company's financial disaster he has discovered. What follows is a long night of panicked double-checking and double-dealing as the senior management prepare to do whatever it takes to mitigate the coming debacle even as the handful of conscientious comrades find themselves dragged along into the unethical abyss.

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Margin Call (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 35%, Tension 25%, Curiosity 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Tension, Curiosity. Genres: Thriller, Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Tension and Curiosity. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Anxiety
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Tension
Anxiety
Sadness
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then dips around 33 %, then peaks around 48 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionAnxietySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension57 %52 %47 %35 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sympathy56 %45 %41 %40 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Sadness57 %46 %43 %34 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension65 %61 %54 %18 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension65 %64 %52 %9 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity57 %55 %43 %6 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Tension56 %54 %43 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Tension60 %57 %46 %11 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Tension69 %68 %55 %15 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Tension76 %75 %64 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Tension73 %70 %59 %30 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Tension65 %61 %49 %35 %
62.5 %≈ 67′Sympathy64 %56 %46 %39 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Tension65 %50 %45 %45 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Sadness68 %49 %44 %51 %
77.5 %≈ 83′Tension70 %60 %48 %45 %
82.5 %≈ 88′Tension68 %59 %44 %41 %
87.5 %≈ 94′Sadness66 %36 %30 %55 %
92.5 %≈ 99′Sadness68 %18 %20 %67 %
97.5 %≈ 104′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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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

Paul Bettany

Will Emerson

Jeremy Irons

John Tuld

Simon Baker

Jared Cohen

Penn Badgley

Seth Bregman

Demi Moore

Sarah Robertson

AW
Ashley Williams

Heather Burke

Mary McDonnell

Mary Rogers

Aasif Mandvi

Ramesh Shah

SB
Susan Blackwell

Lauren Bratberg

Maria Dizzia

Executive Assistant

JP
Jimmy Palumbo

Security Guard

Al Sapienza

Louis Carmello

PY
Peter Y. Kim

Timothy Singh

GG
Grace Gummer

Lucy

OK
Oberon K.A. Adjepong

Coffee Guy

Details

Directed by
J.C. Chandor
Written by
J.C. Chandor
Type
Movies
Released
2011
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 166,035 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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