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Not Another Happy Ending

2013 · 102 min · Director: John McKay ★ IMDb 6.1 · 5,396 ratings

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When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too damn happy and she can't write when she's happy.The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realises he's in love with her.

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Not Another Happy Ending (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Love 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
25%Love
  1. Humor30%
  2. Love25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Anxiety. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 63/100.

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  • Humor
  • Hope
  • Love

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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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 peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorHopeLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor40 %35 %22 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Hope45 %34 %31 %4 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor46 %34 %27 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor44 %36 %16 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor45 %41 %10 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor51 %49 %6 %9 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor53 %49 %11 %10 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Humor49 %41 %26 %19 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Hope50 %40 %30 %25 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Humor51 %43 %18 %20 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Humor49 %40 %14 %16 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Humor49 %40 %20 %18 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Humor51 %44 %23 %23 %
67.5 %≈ 69′Humor53 %43 %23 %33 %
72.5 %≈ 74′Love54 %35 %19 %33 %
77.5 %≈ 79′Sadness57 %29 %15 %26 %
82.5 %≈ 84′Sadness59 %30 %24 %29 %
87.5 %≈ 89′Hope59 %35 %40 %39 %
92.5 %≈ 94′Love54 %36 %36 %36 %
97.5 %≈ 99′Humor42 %33 %17 %18 %
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

Karen Gillan

Jane Lockhart

ID
Iain De Caestecker

HI
Henry Ian Cusick

Willie

Kate Dickie

Anne Lefevre

AM
Amy Manson

Darsie

FM
Freya Mavor

Nicola Ball

Gary Lewis

Benny Lockhart

NG
Niall Greig Fulton

Team Member 1

BB
Bill Barclay

Team Member 2

CB
Cora Bissett

Bookshop Owner

LG
Louise Goodall

Dr. Klinsch

JB
John Bett

Mr. McLeish

CC
Callum Cuthbertson

Quiz Master

JD
Jenni Duffy

Book Enquirer (uncredited)

LO
Luke Oscar Ford

Man Kissing Girl (uncredited)

EV
Erica Von Stein

Waitress (uncredited)

JA
Jennifer Ann Watt

Waitress (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
John McKay
Written by
David Solomons
Type
Movies
Released
2013
Runtime
102 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 5,396 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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