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Modern Life Is Rubbish

2017 · 105 min · Director: Daniel Jerome Gill ★ IMDb 5.8 · 1,106 ratings

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Brought together by their shared love of music, ten years on Liam and Natalie are at breaking point. In their case opposites attract but don't necessarily work long-term. Making the difficult decision to separate, they must split their prized music library. But the sound track that defined their relationship keeps pulling them back together.

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Modern Life Is Rubbish (2017) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Love 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love25%
  2. Hope10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Love, Nostalgia. Genres: Comedy, Romance, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Love and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 5.8/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 62/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Love
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Sadness
Love
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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 8 %, then peaks around 53 %, then eases around 63 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessLoveHope
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness48 %44 %11 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor47 %31 %22 %17 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Love48 %15 %36 %24 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor49 %8 %39 %23 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Humor53 %12 %42 %21 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Love57 %16 %48 %27 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Hope55 %15 %45 %33 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Love49 %19 %34 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Tension52 %32 %20 %12 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Sadness64 %51 %13 %8 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Sadness71 %65 %16 %8 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Sadness69 %66 %23 %12 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Sadness57 %48 %23 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 71′Humor49 %34 %22 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 76′Sadness53 %42 %31 %28 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Sadness60 %54 %35 %32 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Sadness62 %52 %29 %43 %
87.5 %≈ 92′Hope65 %42 %42 %54 %
92.5 %≈ 97′Love65 %34 %55 %48 %
97.5 %≈ 102′Sadness54 %32 %44 %30 %
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

FM
Freya Mavor

Natalie

JC
Jessie Cave

Kerry

WM
Will Merrick

Olly

SC
Sorcha Cusack

Mary

MM
Matt Milne

Gus

DB
Daisy Bevan

Layla

JM
Jason Matthewson

Ben

LA
Lily-Rose Aslandogdu

Sally Jones

EB
Emma Bryant

Emma

DH
Darren Higham

Solomon

Details

Directed by
Daniel Jerome Gill
Written by
Philip Gawthorne
Type
Movies
Released
2017
Runtime
105 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.8 · 1,106 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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