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Little Boy

2015 · 106 min · Director: Alejandro Monteverde ★ IMDb 7.3 · 25,178 ratings

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Little Pepper Busbee (Jakob Salvati) enjoys an idyllic life in an American small town, but his world is shattered when his beloved father (Michael Rapaport) is sent off to fight in World War II. But a chance encounter with a stage magician (Ben Chaplin) awakens his dormant abilities and clues him into the power of faith. Now his devotion to his father will extend past time and space and into the realm of miracles..

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Little Boy (2015) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Hope 30%, Empathy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Hope
20%Love
  1. Hope30%
  2. Love20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Hope, Empathy, Love. Genres: Drama, History, War. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Hope, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Empathy
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 33 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy50 %47 %38 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness59 %53 %50 %30 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension61 %48 %43 %40 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Hope59 %41 %26 %41 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension58 %43 %23 %41 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Hope50 %39 %21 %31 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Hope48 %41 %26 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Empathy53 %51 %30 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Empathy53 %50 %23 %23 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Hope51 %43 %19 %34 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Hope58 %46 %25 %54 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Tension66 %53 %31 %61 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Hope67 %49 %31 %55 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Hope72 %53 %40 %59 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Tension82 %66 %56 %76 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Tension88 %75 %69 %66 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Sadness85 %76 %71 %38 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Empathy76 %71 %56 %30 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Empathy71 %68 %45 %28 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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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

JS
Jakob Salvati

Michael Rapaport

James Busbee

Ben Chaplin

Ben Eagle

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Eduardo Verástegui

Fr. Crispin

AL
Ali Landry

Ava

Kevin James

Dr. Fox

Tom Wilkinson

Fr. Oliver

Toby Huss

Colonel Bob

KG
Kelly Greyson

Tyra

CA
Candice Azzara

Bertha

RM
Rick Mora

Kid Falcon

James DuMont

Harvey

TT
Travis T. Flory

Soda Fountain Clerk

SK
Sam Kindseth

Ronnie (Bully 2)

DU
David Ury

Sir Pent

Details

Directed by
Alejandro Monteverde
Written by
Alejandro Monteverde, Pepe Portillo
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
106 min
Country
Mexico, United States
Genres
Drama, History, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 25,178 ratings
Feels mostly
Hope
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