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Born to Race

2011 · 99 min · Director: Alex Ranarivelo ★ IMDb 6 · 7,053 ratings

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Born To Race is the story of Danny Krueger, a rebellious young street racer on a collision course with trouble. After an accident at an illegal street race, he is sent to a small town to live with his estranged father, a washed up NASCAR racer. When Danny decides to enter the NHRA High School Drags, he's forced to seek his father's help in taking down the local hot shot.

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Born to Race (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Tension 25%, Joy 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Excitement
25%Tension
15%Joy
  1. Excitement35%
  2. Tension25%
  3. Joy15%
  4. Empathy15%
  5. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Tension, Joy. Genres: Action, Sport. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Tension and Joy. Its IMDb rating of 6.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 62/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Hope
  • Excitement

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Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Hope
Excitement
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 3 %, then dips around 23 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHopeExcitement
2.5 %≈ 2′Excitement55 %52 %13 %38 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension56 %54 %8 %24 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Tension48 %45 %6 %9 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension39 %33 %15 %11 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Hope38 %23 %28 %18 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Joy43 %28 %26 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Tension57 %52 %18 %25 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Tension63 %56 %20 %35 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Hope51 %31 %29 %24 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Sadness49 %28 %27 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 52′Tension60 %51 %16 %33 %
57.5 %≈ 57′Tension71 %68 %13 %35 %
62.5 %≈ 62′Tension75 %57 %23 %16 %
67.5 %≈ 67′Sadness73 %35 %39 %10 %
72.5 %≈ 72′Hope66 %26 %55 %29 %
77.5 %≈ 77′Hope65 %36 %61 %51 %
82.5 %≈ 82′Excitement70 %53 %60 %64 %
87.5 %≈ 87′Excitement76 %66 %56 %69 %
92.5 %≈ 92′Tension83 %59 %51 %64 %
97.5 %≈ 97′Joy85 %32 %53 %53 %
Rags to riches

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

JC
Joseph Cross

Joseph Cross

Danny Krueger

JP
John Pyper-Ferguson

John Pyper-Ferguson

Frank Krueger

BE
Brando Eaton

BE
Brando Eaton

Jake Kendall

NB
Nicole Badaan

SS
Sherry Stringfield

Lisa Abrams

SS
Sara Swain

Ashley

CM
Christina Moore

Ms. Parker

DM
Diogo Morgado

Enzo

GS
Grant Show

Jimmy Kendall

WP
Walter Perez

Tony

Spencer Breslin

Max

Matt McCoy

Joe

WT
Whitmer Thomas

Harry

ES
Erik Sords

Clint

JC
Jeremy Chu

Mikey

PJ
Paul J. Alessi

Kendall Mechanic

AA
Ali Afshar

Self

BK
Brock Kelly

Kyle

RM
Ron McCoy

Sam

DH
Doug Haley

Gangly Freshman

Details

Directed by
Alex Ranarivelo
Written by
Alex Ranarivelo, Ali Afshar, Steve Sarno (story), Alex Ranarivelo (story), Ali Afshar (story), Steve Sarno
Type
Movies
Released
2011
Runtime
99 min
Country
USA
Genres
Action, Sport
Ratings
★ IMDb 6 · 7,053 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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