Project Nim
2011 · 93 min · Director: James Marsh
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From the Oscar-winning team behind MAN ON WIRE comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed our own - is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling.
Emotional fingerprint
Project Nim (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Sadness 25%, Anxiety 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy35%
- Sadness25%
- Anxiety15%
- Melancholy15%
- Inspiration10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Anxiety. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Disturbing
- Sadness
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Disturbing | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Disturbing | 63 % | 58 % | 55 % | 38 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Empathy | 49 % | 44 % | 34 % | 16 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Empathy | 41 % | 32 % | 18 % | 1 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Humor | 49 % | 28 % | 26 % | 3 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Disturbing | 56 % | 29 % | 39 % | 15 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Sadness | 53 % | 34 % | 30 % | 23 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Tension | 52 % | 35 % | 29 % | 13 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Tension | 64 % | 38 % | 48 % | 9 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Tension | 72 % | 43 % | 63 % | 16 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Disturbing | 74 % | 50 % | 64 % | 29 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Empathy | 74 % | 60 % | 61 % | 48 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Disturbing | 80 % | 71 % | 70 % | 65 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Sadness | 80 % | 76 % | 65 % | 70 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Empathy | 66 % | 65 % | 40 % | 54 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 67′ | Empathy | 60 % | 54 % | 36 % | 39 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Disturbing | 73 % | 61 % | 60 % | 48 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 77′ | Disturbing | 80 % | 71 % | 70 % | 56 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Empathy | 76 % | 68 % | 61 % | 49 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Tension | 79 % | 66 % | 56 % | 48 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Empathy | 82 % | 73 % | 50 % | 57 % |
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
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Dr. William Lemmon
Stephanie LaFarge
Self (archive footage)
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Self (as Dr. James Mahoney)
Self
Self (archive footage)
Self
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Signing Girl: re-enactment unit
Details
- Directed by
- James Marsh
- Written by
- Elizabeth Hess
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2011
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Genres
- Documentary
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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