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The Hunting Ground

2015 · 104 min · Director: Kirby Dick ★ IMDb 7.5 · 6,735 ratings

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An exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families.

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

  1. Anger30%

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The strongest emotional signals are Anger, Empathy, Disturbing. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anger, Empathy and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Anger

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Empathy
Sadness
Disturbing
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 peaks around 43 %, then dips around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Hope80 %42 %23 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Disturbing85 %65 %48 %59 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Anger87 %76 %59 %74 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Anger85 %77 %61 %74 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Empathy84 %74 %60 %76 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Disturbing84 %63 %49 %76 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Anger85 %65 %51 %73 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Sadness89 %80 %73 %76 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Sadness94 %89 %89 %85 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Sadness91 %86 %79 %75 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Hope83 %74 %51 %63 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Disturbing83 %63 %41 %73 %
62.5 %≈ 65′Anger84 %66 %51 %76 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Empathy85 %79 %65 %74 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Disturbing90 %84 %70 %84 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Disturbing91 %77 %64 %84 %
82.5 %≈ 86′Anger84 %68 %54 %66 %
87.5 %≈ 91′Hope76 %63 %44 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 96′Hope81 %70 %53 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 101′Sadness87 %80 %70 %63 %
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

AP
Andrea Pino

AC
Annie Clark

CP
Claire Potter

MM
Melinda Manning

Herself, assistant dean of students, University of North Carolina

KT
Kimberly Theidon

Herself, medical anthropologist and former Harvard professor

KW
Kamilah Willingham

Herself

CH
Caroline Heldman

Herself, associate professor of politics, Occidental College

DL
David Lisak

Himself, clinical psychologist

LS
Leslie Strohm

Herself, general counsel, University of North Carolina

DD
Danielle Dirks

Herself, assistant professor of sociology, Occidental College

DR
Diane Rosenfeld

Herself, a lecturer on law, Harvard Law School

PC
Pat Cottrell

Himself, former university campus police officer at Saint Mary's College

CA
Carol Ann Mooney

Herself, president at Saint Mary's College

Details

Directed by
Kirby Dick
Written by
Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
104 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 6,735 ratings
Feels mostly
Anger
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