You Don't Choose Your Family
2011 · 103 min · Director: Christian Clavier
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Alex wants to adopt charming 5-year old little Miley, who lives in Thailand, but according to Thai law, adoptive parents need to be a married couple. Alex recruits his bankrupt auto-dealer brother César Borgnoli to pose as the husband of Alex's friend Kim, and the two will go to Thailand to claim Miley. But it's hard to find an odder couple than Kim and César. And Dr. Luis, Miley's guardian, suspects that something's wrong.
Emotional fingerprint
You Don't Choose Your Family (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Smile 25%, Surprise 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Humor35%
- Smile25%
- Surprise15%
- Love15%
- Satisfaction10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Smile, Surprise. Genres: Comedy. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Smile and Surprise. 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 60/100.
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Emotional journey
- Humor
- Love
- Relief
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Sympathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Humor | Love | Relief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Humor | 43 % | 40 % | 5 % | 2 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Humor | 46 % | 43 % | 15 % | 4 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Humor | 48 % | 43 % | 21 % | 5 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Humor | 50 % | 48 % | 14 % | 4 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Humor | 50 % | 49 % | 9 % | 4 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Humor | 46 % | 43 % | 10 % | 5 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Humor | 49 % | 45 % | 9 % | 4 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Humor | 53 % | 51 % | 9 % | 4 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Humor | 55 % | 54 % | 10 % | 8 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Humor | 60 % | 56 % | 8 % | 10 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Humor | 60 % | 51 % | 6 % | 8 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Sympathy | 60 % | 44 % | 8 % | 4 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Tension | 63 % | 45 % | 6 % | 11 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Relief | 60 % | 49 % | 10 % | 26 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Humor | 59 % | 46 % | 28 % | 30 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Love | 60 % | 38 % | 45 % | 25 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Sympathy | 57 % | 35 % | 46 % | 18 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 90′ | Love | 55 % | 41 % | 45 % | 15 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Love | 59 % | 46 % | 50 % | 30 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 100′ | Relief | 63 % | 47 % | 53 % | 48 % |
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
Mère supérieure
La présentatrice TV
Bruno
Irène
L'huissier
Gwen
Le prisonnier belge
Maily
Truck driver
Large-eared man
Large-eared man's wife
Thai hostess in Roissy
Details
- Directed by
- Christian Clavier
- Written by
- Christian Clavier, Michel Delgado
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2011
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Country
- France
- Genres
- Comedy
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Humor
- Data updated
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