Jayne Mansfield's Car
2012 · 122 min · Director: Billy Bob Thornton
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A young man in the 1940s raises a family in Alabama after his wife leaves him for an Englishman and moves to England. When the wife dies, she leaves a request to be brought back to Alabama to be buried, and at that point, the man hasn't seen her in nearly thirty years. The two families, her original family she abandoned, and her English family, meet and make an attempt to adjust to each other, with uneven results.
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Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Anxiety. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Empathy
- Tension
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Tension | 43 % | 18 % | 17 % | 35 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Sadness | 44 % | 30 % | 25 % | 31 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Sadness | 43 % | 34 % | 30 % | 28 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Sadness | 43 % | 29 % | 27 % | 29 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Humor | 40 % | 23 % | 26 % | 26 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Humor | 39 % | 23 % | 27 % | 24 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Humor | 46 % | 32 % | 33 % | 31 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 46′ | Sadness | 56 % | 46 % | 45 % | 40 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Sadness | 55 % | 46 % | 50 % | 35 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Empathy | 48 % | 35 % | 43 % | 23 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Disturbing | 50 % | 34 % | 41 % | 23 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Disturbing | 60 % | 41 % | 45 % | 32 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Disturbing | 65 % | 43 % | 43 % | 44 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Tension | 64 % | 43 % | 48 % | 49 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Empathy | 63 % | 44 % | 55 % | 49 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Tension | 64 % | 34 % | 48 % | 56 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 101′ | Humor | 61 % | 25 % | 40 % | 50 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 107′ | Empathy | 57 % | 33 % | 49 % | 31 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 113′ | Empathy | 61 % | 45 % | 59 % | 35 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 119′ | Sadness | 65 % | 52 % | 58 % | 48 % |
Cinderella
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
Details
- Directed by
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Written by
- Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2012
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Country
- United States, Russia
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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