Boy Meets Girl
2014 · 95 min · Director: Eric Schaeffer
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Funny and provocative, Boy Meets Girl vividly captures the giddy excitement, sexual heat, and inherent heartache of "non-traditional" love in a small town. Ricky (Michelle Hendley) is a 21-year-old trans girl living in Kentucky. Her only real friend, straight-laced Robby, has been her trusty, totally platonic, confidant for over 15 years. Her day job slinging lattes is merely a stepping-stone toward her goal of being a famous New York designer. She's confident, cool, and completely ready for something new - and then her world is transformed when an enchanting debutante saunters into her life. Triggering fresh feelings and experiences, this unlikely connection conjures up intense questions about identity while uncovering ghosts from Ricky's past. Indie-film veteran Eric Schaeffer (My Life's in Turnaround, If Lucy Fell) builds a compelling, compassionate world that focuses on the emotions and messy challenges of complex people navigating complicated relationships. Schaeffer creates a thoroughly authentic small-town atmosphere, capturing the cozy and claustrophobic ambiance of a place where everyone knows your name - and your sexual partners.
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Boy Meets Girl (2014) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Empathy 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Love, Empathy, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Empathy and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.
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Emotional journey
- Love
- Empathy
- Sadness
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Love | Empathy | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Humor | 43 % | 18 % | 17 % | 3 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Humor | 48 % | 24 % | 26 % | 10 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Empathy | 50 % | 29 % | 36 % | 15 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Humor | 48 % | 30 % | 30 % | 11 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Humor | 45 % | 30 % | 28 % | 13 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Empathy | 49 % | 34 % | 40 % | 20 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Love | 56 % | 39 % | 40 % | 15 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Humor | 59 % | 40 % | 30 % | 8 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Love | 57 % | 46 % | 33 % | 11 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Love | 60 % | 49 % | 31 % | 11 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Humor | 63 % | 34 % | 26 % | 9 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Tension | 65 % | 18 % | 39 % | 20 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Tension | 73 % | 14 % | 57 % | 39 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Tension | 79 % | 23 % | 66 % | 55 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 69′ | Sadness | 81 % | 28 % | 70 % | 70 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Sadness | 85 % | 35 % | 75 % | 70 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Love | 84 % | 60 % | 74 % | 55 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Love | 74 % | 68 % | 66 % | 44 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Empathy | 70 % | 63 % | 64 % | 31 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Love | 77 % | 70 % | 67 % | 22 % |
Cinderella
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
Francesca Duval
David
Sam Jones
Helen Duval
Details
- Directed by
- Eric Schaeffer
- Written by
- Eric Schaeffer
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2014
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Love
- Data updated
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