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Akron

2015 · 88 min · Director: Sasha King, Brian O'Donnell ★ IMDb 6.6 · 4,039 ratings

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Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving their mothers soon comes to light and threatens to tear them apart. Akron is a moving family drama and a sensitive young adult love story of two young men falling in love in the Midwest and their will to overcome the most painful of truths.

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Akron (2015) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Love
  1. Love30%
  2. Hope15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Love, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Love
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then rises around 43 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessLoveTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension47 %23 %20 %32 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Love44 %9 %34 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Love50 %0 %50 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Love59 %6 %59 %5 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Love56 %16 %55 %8 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Love53 %14 %48 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Humor49 %4 %40 %16 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Humor53 %16 %30 %31 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Tension66 %48 %24 %51 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Sadness71 %60 %20 %56 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Tension73 %60 %16 %56 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Sadness74 %65 %18 %55 %
62.5 %≈ 55′Sadness69 %61 %19 %55 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Tension63 %49 %20 %56 %
72.5 %≈ 64′Tension65 %50 %26 %56 %
77.5 %≈ 68′Sadness73 %59 %30 %60 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Tension76 %61 %31 %60 %
87.5 %≈ 77′Sadness80 %64 %41 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 81′Relief82 %60 %55 %30 %
97.5 %≈ 86′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

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

MF
Matthew Frias

MF
Matthew Frias

Benny Cruz

CR
Cailan Rose

ED
Edmund Donovan

Christopher Welling

LG
Luis Gabriel Cañas

AB
Andréa Burns

Lenora Cruz

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Amy da Luz

Carol Welling

JM
Joseph Melendez

David Cruz

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Isabel Rose Machado

Becca Cruz

Details

Directed by
Sasha King, Brian O'Donnell
Written by
Brian O'Donnell
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 4,039 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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