How I Live Now
2013 · 101 min · Director: Kevin Macdonald
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
American teenager Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) is sent by her estranged father away from New York City to the countryside of England to stay with her Aunt Penn (Anna Chancellor). Her distant cousin Isaac (Tom Holland) welcomes her at the airport and drives her home. She is introduced to her cousins, seventeen-year-old Eddie (George MacKay) and young Piper (Harley Bird) and to their friend Joe (Danny McEvoy). However, Daisy is a resentful, needy of love, and aloof girl who believes that she is cursed and that bad things happen wherever she goes since her mother died giving birth to her. Aunt Penn is a busy woman who is studying the war scenario in England, which is on alert due to an imminent terrorist attack, and needs to fly to Geneva. However, the next morning, a nuclear bomb explodes in London and the authorities of the United Kingdom declare a state of siege. Meanwhile, Daisy and Eddie fall in love with each other, but they are separated by the military, which sends girls to one camp and men to another. Daisy and Eddie promise to meet each other again. In a country at war, Daisy and Piper flee their lodging and cross England under martial law, trying to find Eddie and Isaac.
Emotional fingerprint
How I Live Now (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Fear 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Anxiety30%
- Fear25%
- Empathy20%
- Hope15%
- Excitement10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Fear, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Adventure, Action. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Fear and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Sadness
- Fear
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Fear
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Sadness | Fear |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Tension | 33 % | 27 % | 12 % | 8 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Tension | 30 % | 21 % | 8 % | 6 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Tension | 29 % | 20 % | 10 % | 4 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Sadness | 32 % | 21 % | 14 % | 4 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Love | 44 % | 29 % | 14 % | 19 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Tension | 59 % | 48 % | 22 % | 41 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Tension | 60 % | 53 % | 30 % | 41 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Love | 60 % | 45 % | 31 % | 34 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Love | 74 % | 51 % | 39 % | 46 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Tension | 79 % | 61 % | 51 % | 55 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Sadness | 71 % | 58 % | 60 % | 46 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Sadness | 73 % | 63 % | 60 % | 51 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Tension | 84 % | 80 % | 55 % | 74 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Fear | 84 % | 79 % | 51 % | 71 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Sadness | 69 % | 63 % | 46 % | 46 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Tension | 68 % | 64 % | 38 % | 49 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Tension | 76 % | 68 % | 35 % | 58 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Hope | 76 % | 53 % | 50 % | 40 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Sadness | 79 % | 35 % | 65 % | 23 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 98′ | Love | 82 % | 22 % | 63 % | 13 % |
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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
Piper
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Details
- Directed by
- Kevin Macdonald
- Written by
- Jeremy Brock, Tony Grisoni, Meg Rosoff, Penelope Skinner
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2013
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Country
- United Kingdom, Canada
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Anxiety
- Data updated
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