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Always Shine

2016 · 85 min · Director: Sophia Takal, Sophia Takal ★ IMDb 5.6 · 6,130 ratings

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Best friends Anna and Beth take a weekend trip to Big Sur, hopeful to re-establish a bond broken by years of competition and jealousy. Tensions mount, however, leading to an unexpected yet inevitable confrontation, changing both of their lives...forever.

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Always Shine (2016) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Tension 25%, Confusion 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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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 Anxiety, Tension, Confusion. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Tension and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 5.6/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 59/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Disturbing
Curiosity
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 23 %, then peaks around 63 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension58 %54 %46 %36 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Tension47 %43 %26 %30 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Tension40 %36 %14 %26 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Curiosity35 %29 %13 %27 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Curiosity34 %27 %13 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Tension43 %37 %18 %29 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Sadness45 %36 %17 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Curiosity40 %27 %12 %28 %
42.5 %≈ 36′Sadness41 %33 %15 %28 %
47.5 %≈ 40′Tension45 %41 %19 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 45′Tension49 %43 %19 %29 %
57.5 %≈ 49′Sadness62 %52 %27 %29 %
62.5 %≈ 53′Tension78 %72 %51 %34 %
67.5 %≈ 57′Disturbing78 %73 %62 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 62′Curiosity60 %50 %42 %46 %
77.5 %≈ 66′Curiosity50 %36 %26 %49 %
82.5 %≈ 70′Curiosity49 %37 %28 %45 %
87.5 %≈ 74′Tension61 %54 %48 %43 %
92.5 %≈ 79′Disturbing78 %74 %71 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 83′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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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

CF
Caitlin FitzGerald

LM
Lawrence Michael Levine

KB
Khan Baykal

Paul

ML
Michael Lowry

Vic

Colleen Camp

Sandra

Jane Adams

Summer

JT
Julian Tolentino

Jack

MF
Mason Foster

Joplin

SF
Stella Foster

Stella

MT
Marisa Takal

Violet

NG
Noah Gershman

Reader

JK
Jordan Kessler

Director (uncredited)

Robert Longstreet

Producer #1 (uncredited)

SB
Simon Barrett

Producer #2 (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Sophia Takal, Sophia Takal
Written by
Lawrence Michael Levine
Type
Movies
Released
2016
Runtime
85 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.6 · 6,130 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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