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American Dreams in China

2013 · 112 min · Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Peter Chan ★ IMDb 6.9 · 3,131 ratings

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The story of three friends who build a successful English language school in China called "New Dream". This school helps the dreams of Chinese teenagers come true. Before they stood proudly in the American stock market, many stories happened with them.

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American Dreams in China (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 35%, Empathy 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope20%

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The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Empathy, Excitement. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Empathy and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Inspiration
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Inspiration

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Tension

Sadness
Inspiration
Tension
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 rises around 33 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessInspirationTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Inspiration38 %10 %33 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Inspiration40 %13 %31 %19 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor40 %11 %24 %20 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Humor44 %19 %21 %30 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Sadness45 %31 %20 %34 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Sadness45 %40 %15 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Sadness55 %54 %14 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Sadness63 %49 %24 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Humor58 %29 %34 %19 %
47.5 %≈ 53′Nostalgia49 %28 %29 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 59′Tension48 %26 %29 %36 %
57.5 %≈ 64′Inspiration50 %16 %35 %43 %
62.5 %≈ 70′Tension51 %14 %29 %48 %
67.5 %≈ 76′Tension55 %15 %26 %51 %
72.5 %≈ 81′Humor61 %24 %25 %52 %
77.5 %≈ 87′Tension64 %41 %16 %56 %
82.5 %≈ 92′Sadness61 %45 %28 %54 %
87.5 %≈ 98′Inspiration64 %32 %50 %44 %
92.5 %≈ 104′Nostalgia67 %22 %55 %32 %
97.5 %≈ 109′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence

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Cast

Huang Xiaoming

成冬青

DT
Dawei Tong

DC
Deng Chao

孟晓骏

TD
Tong Dawei

王阳

DJ
Du Juan

苏梅

TL
Tong Lei

许文

LT
Liu Tianzuo

牛咏啸

YY
Yang Yi

警察

WZ
Wang Zhener

良琴

ZZ
Zhang Zimu

良琴(6岁)

DM
Daniel Martin Berkey

波诺

GA
Georg Anton

签证官

AE
Allen Enlow

新梦想律师

CF
Caitlin Fitzgerald

EES律师

BM
Barbara Malley

餐厅老妇

CQ
Claire Quirk

Lucy

BS
Bettina Skye

女服务员

MT
Meme Tian Pu-Jun

商界精英

WY
William Yuekun Wu

张曦

RP
Roy Pollack

机场旅客

WZ
Wang Zi

学生

Details

Written by
Oi-Wah Lam, Ji Zhang, Zhiyong Zhou, Zhou Zhiyong, Aubrey Lam Oi-Wah, Zhang Ji
Type
Movies
Released
2013
Runtime
112 min
Country
China
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 3,131 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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