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Tusk

2014 · 102 min · Director: Kevin Smith, Kevin Smith ★ IMDb 5.4 · 75,479 ratings

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When podcaster Wallace travels to Canada to interview someone, he winds up meeting a strange man named Howe who has many stories to tell about his past life during his interview. Wallace wakes up the next day finding out Howe isn't the person he thought he was. Howe has plans to surgically and mentally turn Wallace into a walrus.

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Tusk (2014) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disgust 30%, Fear 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear25%

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Disgust, Fear, Disturbing. Genres: Comedy, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disgust, Fear and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 5.4/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 56/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Disturbing
  • Tension
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Disturbing
Tension
Sadness
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 13 %, then peaks around 53 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityDisturbingTensionSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor53 %19 %7 %5 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity49 %22 %12 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity48 %17 %14 %7 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Curiosity54 %20 %19 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Curiosity55 %27 %28 %16 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor59 %35 %39 %23 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Disturbing74 %60 %64 %27 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Tension85 %79 %77 %34 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Disturbing84 %74 %74 %45 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Tension84 %67 %75 %51 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Disturbing85 %76 %75 %51 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Disturbing80 %77 %69 %40 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Disturbing73 %68 %60 %26 %
67.5 %≈ 69′Disturbing75 %72 %54 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 74′Disturbing81 %79 %53 %41 %
77.5 %≈ 79′Disturbing80 %74 %54 %52 %
82.5 %≈ 84′Tension78 %69 %66 %43 %
87.5 %≈ 89′Tension85 %63 %66 %49 %
92.5 %≈ 94′Sadness81 %43 %34 %58 %
97.5 %≈ 99′Humor66 %34 %10 %42 %
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

Michael Parks

Howard Howe

Haley Joel Osment

Teddy Craft

Johnny Depp

Guy Lapointe

HM
Harley Morenstein

Border Agent

RG
Ralph Garman

Detective

JS
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith

Gimli Slider Waitress

HQ
Harley Quinn Smith

Girl Clerk #1

Lily-Rose Depp

Girl Clerk #2

AM
Ashley McCauley

Convenient Store Customer

DB
Douglas Banks

Kill Bill Kid

MS
Matthew Shively

Young Howe

ZK
Zak Knutson

Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)

JR
Josh Roush

Bar Patron 2 (uncredited)

Details

Type
Movies
Released
2014
Runtime
102 min
Country
Canada, United States
Genres
Comedy, Horror
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.4 · 75,479 ratings
Feels mostly
Disgust
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