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Morris from America

2016 · 89 min · Director: Chad Hartigan ★ IMDb 6.3 · 5,827 ratings

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Morris is a 13-year-old African-American who moves to Heidelberg with his dad, who coaches professional soccer. The film explores Morris's attempts to fit in with German kids. He falls for a girl at a youth club and she encourages him to open up a little and share his rapping.

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Morris from America (2016) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Humor 25%, Sadness 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Humor
  1. Humor25%
  2. Love15%

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Humor and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Humor
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Empathy
Humor
Hope
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 peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyHumorHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor50 %30 %45 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Empathy45 %36 %36 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor48 %40 %41 %29 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor55 %38 %54 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor58 %39 %45 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Empathy57 %49 %24 %19 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Empathy55 %54 %20 %18 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Empathy51 %49 %33 %24 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Humor54 %48 %43 %23 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Empathy57 %51 %40 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Empathy55 %50 %33 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
62.5 %≈ 56′Empathy53 %53 %20 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 60′Hope50 %50 %28 %33 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Empathy52 %46 %31 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 69′Hope63 %50 %25 %38 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Empathy65 %60 %19 %29 %
87.5 %≈ 78′Empathy66 %69 %24 %40 %
92.5 %≈ 82′Empathy69 %70 %35 %49 %
97.5 %≈ 87′Empathy63 %63 %40 %35 %
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

MC
Markees Christmas

CJ
Carla Juri

CJ
Carla Juri

Inka Meinert

LK
Lina Keller

Katrin

EL
Eva Löbau

Katrin's Mother

LH
Levin Henning

Bastian

LB
Leon Badenhop

Rainer

ML
Marie Löschhorn

Birgit

JB
Josephine Becker

Nadine

RD
Roger Ditter

Alex

FV
Florian Von Stockum

Jakob

NB
Nora Borchert

Ballet Dancer

DI
Diana Ionescu

Ballet Dancer

AS
Anna Sodan

Ballet Dancer

AM
Anabel Möbius

Industrial Party Girl

LR
Lukas Ritter

Gotta Pee Real Bad Guy

TW
Thorsten Wenning

Youth Centre Adult

LS
Liv Scharbatke

Phone Sex Operator

Details

Directed by
Chad Hartigan
Written by
Chad Hartigan
Type
Movies
Released
2016
Runtime
89 min
Country
Germany, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.3 · 5,827 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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