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I Melt with You

2011 · 129 min · Director: Mark Pellington, Mark Pellington ★ IMDb 5.9 · 6,687 ratings

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Middle aged Jonathan, Richard, Rob and Tim are friends from their college days, each who has had some modicum of success in his life, but each who is facing an issue resulting in dissatisfaction with his current lot. Divorced father Jonathan is a physician whose practice is largely made up of wealthy patients for who he writes prescriptions for drugs for recreational use in return for payola. Party boy Richard was once a novelist, but now resorts to teaching high school English to make a living. Stockbroker Ron is happily married with kids, but in providing for his family, he decided to steal from his clients which has now resulted in a probable indictment by the Securities Commission for embezzlement. And five years ago, openly bisexual Tim was the driver that caused an accident which killed both his sister and his boyfriend, the guilt surrounding which still remains with him. As they live in various parts of the country, they make a point to get together at least once a year for a week, this year's gathering at a rented beachfront house in Big Sur to celebrate Tim's birthday. Their get-togethers are to escape the responsibilities of their everyday lives, by reliving their former frat boy days of drugs, sex and partying. An incident that occurs half way through their scheduled time together leads to them examining their lives, and deciding individually and collectively if they will keep true to a pact they made twenty-five years ago. Their situation is complicated by their encounters with the local sheriff, Officer Boyde.

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I Melt with You (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Sadness 25%, Tension 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, Sadness, Tension. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Melancholy
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Melancholy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 43 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessMelancholyDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Melancholy35 %15 %25 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Humor45 %16 %21 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Humor55 %10 %16 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Humor55 %10 %24 %13 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Melancholy53 %25 %40 %18 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Melancholy53 %38 %48 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Melancholy51 %39 %46 %25 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Melancholy57 %48 %49 %33 %
42.5 %≈ 55′Sadness76 %70 %53 %59 %
47.5 %≈ 61′Sadness89 %81 %51 %78 %
52.5 %≈ 68′Tension84 %73 %53 %71 %
57.5 %≈ 74′Sadness73 %60 %51 %51 %
62.5 %≈ 81′Tension74 %60 %46 %51 %
67.5 %≈ 87′Disturbing83 %60 %43 %69 %
72.5 %≈ 94′Tension79 %51 %43 %61 %
77.5 %≈ 100′Sadness73 %55 %51 %48 %
82.5 %≈ 106′Tension78 %68 %61 %57 %
87.5 %≈ 113′Sadness86 %79 %68 %75 %
92.5 %≈ 119′Sadness90 %85 %68 %83 %
97.5 %≈ 126′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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

Thomas Jane

Richard

Rob Lowe

Jonathan

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Sasha Grey

Raven

Tom Bower

Captain Bob

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Zander Eckhouse

Jonah

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Abhi Sinha

Ryan

JR
Joe Reegan

Cole

AE
August Emerson

Ethan

RC
Rebecca Creskoff

Amanda

Details

Written by
Mark Pellington, Glenn Porter, Mark Pellington
Type
Movies
Released
2011
Runtime
129 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.9 · 6,687 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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