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A Man Called Ove

2015 · 116 min · Director: Hannes Holm ★ IMDb 7.7 · 75,948 ratings

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59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terraced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools.

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

30%Empathy
25%Sadness
20%Humor
  1. Empathy30%
  2. Sadness25%
  3. Humor20%
  4. Love15%
  5. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

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

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Love

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Empathy

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Sadness
Love
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 3 %, then rises around 68 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor47 %30 %23 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor50 %38 %33 %11 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Sadness54 %45 %45 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Sadness56 %46 %44 %25 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Tension57 %44 %36 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Sadness61 %48 %45 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Sadness64 %49 %45 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Love63 %40 %21 %46 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Love64 %34 %9 %53 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Humor65 %39 %24 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Sadness65 %48 %44 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Humor58 %40 %36 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Humor54 %35 %24 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Tension65 %46 %26 %34 %
72.5 %≈ 84′Love71 %54 %29 %51 %
77.5 %≈ 90′Empathy75 %64 %49 %51 %
82.5 %≈ 96′Sadness84 %76 %73 %52 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Empathy80 %73 %63 %56 %
92.5 %≈ 107′Love70 %61 %48 %51 %
97.5 %≈ 113′Sadness68 %58 %53 %45 %
Icarus

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

RL
Rolf Lassgård

BP
Bahar Pars

FB
Filip Berg

IE
Ida Engvoll

Sonja

TA
Tobias Almborg

Patrick

KW
Klas Wiljergård

Jimmy

CL
Chatarina Larsson

Anita

BL
Börje Lundberg

Rune

SG
Stefan Gödicke

Ove's dad

JW
Johan Widerberg

Vitskjortan

AB
Anna-Lena Brundin

Journalisten Lena

NJ
Nelly Jamarani

Sepideh

ZA
Zozan Akgün

Nasanin

VB
Viktor Baagøe

Ove - 7 years old

SE
Simon Edenroth

Adrian

PK
Poyan Karimi

Mirsad

MR
Maja Rung

Young Anita

SL
Simeon Lindgren

Young Rune

JO
Jessica Olsson

Mähät

FE
Fredrik Evers

Anders

Details

Directed by
Hannes Holm
Written by
Hannes Holm, Fredrik Backman
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
116 min
Country
Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 75,948 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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