Detachment
2011 · 98 min · Director: Tony Kaye
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In Director Tony Kaye's Detachment, Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody stars as Henry Barthes, an educator with a true talent to connect with his students. Yet Henry has chosen to bury his gift. By spending his days as a substitute teacher, he conveniently avoids any emotional connections by never staying anywhere long enough to form an attachment to either students or colleagues. When a new assignment places him at a public school where a frustrated, burned-out administration has created an apathetic student body, Henry quickly becomes a role model as a teacher who actually cares about the well-being of these students. In finding an emotional connection to the students but also fellow teachers and a runaway teen, he finds that he's not alone in a life and death struggle to find beauty in a seemingly vicious and loveless world.
Emotional fingerprint
Detachment (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Melancholy 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Sadness35%
- Melancholy25%
- Empathy20%
- Anxiety10%
- Inspiration10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Melancholy, Empathy. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Melancholy and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Melancholy
- Empathy
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Melancholy
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Melancholy | Empathy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Tension | 63 % | 27 % | 27 % | 25 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Disturbing | 67 % | 30 % | 30 % | 31 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Tension | 66 % | 38 % | 36 % | 36 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Disturbing | 67 % | 51 % | 48 % | 48 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Sadness | 73 % | 61 % | 53 % | 65 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Empathy | 75 % | 59 % | 43 % | 69 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Disturbing | 72 % | 51 % | 39 % | 55 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Melancholy | 60 % | 41 % | 43 % | 40 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Tension | 54 % | 34 % | 40 % | 41 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Empathy | 59 % | 40 % | 45 % | 53 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Melancholy | 68 % | 57 % | 58 % | 61 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Sadness | 79 % | 74 % | 65 % | 70 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Sadness | 84 % | 79 % | 65 % | 76 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Sadness | 83 % | 76 % | 60 % | 77 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Sadness | 78 % | 69 % | 60 % | 68 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Melancholy | 75 % | 65 % | 63 % | 59 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Sadness | 84 % | 76 % | 69 % | 68 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Melancholy | 88 % | 83 % | 78 % | 72 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 96′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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
Erica
Meredith
Dr. Hart
Andy
Angry Dad
Angry Mother
Cafeteria Worker
Female Child Services Worker
Details
- Directed by
- Tony Kaye
- Written by
- Carl Lund
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2011
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Country
- United States
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
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