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Careful What You Wish For

2015 · 91 min · Director: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum ★ IMDb 5.6 · 9,462 ratings

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A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and a substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.

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Careful What You Wish For (2015) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Tension 25%, Curiosity 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear15%

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

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 5.6/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 58/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Curiosity
Sadness
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 8 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriositySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity33 %15 %30 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor32 %11 %25 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor40 %23 %25 %4 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Tension50 %39 %31 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity50 %36 %35 %8 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor50 %35 %34 %6 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Love54 %44 %33 %10 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Love58 %50 %32 %23 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Tension58 %51 %34 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Love60 %55 %40 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Tension75 %70 %49 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Tension80 %75 %54 %21 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Curiosity71 %66 %57 %16 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Tension71 %66 %61 %16 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Tension79 %74 %65 %18 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Tension83 %79 %68 %20 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Tension83 %81 %68 %28 %
87.5 %≈ 80′Tension84 %83 %70 %33 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Tension76 %65 %64 %34 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Sadness62 %37 %48 %38 %
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

Nick Jonas

Doug Martin

KH
Kiki Harris

Isabel Lucas

Lena Harper

DS
David Sherrill

Dermot Mulroney

Eliott Harper

Kandyse McClure

Angie Alvarez

GR
Graham Rogers

Carson

DS
David Sherrill

Brian Martin

Kevin J. O'Connor

Pier/Patron du bar

Paul Sorvino

Sheriff Big Jack

At
Alex ter Avest

Emma Shalloway

JD
John Driskell Hopkins

Gus

RG
Ross Gallo

Lena's Lawyer

Details

Directed by
Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
Written by
Chris Frisina
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.6 · 9,462 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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