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Joe Bell

2020 · 93 min · Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green ★ IMDb 6.3 · 10,649 ratings

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(Omits spoilers) The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay. Meanwhile he realizes he is instead missing out on his sons life back at home.

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Joe Bell (2020) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Sadness 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Inspiration. Genres: Drama, Biography. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Empathy
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 18 %, then dips around 38 %, then peaks around 63 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyLove
2.5 %≈ 2′Empathy52 %32 %52 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Empathy55 %39 %54 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Hope51 %34 %46 %29 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Love49 %25 %39 %37 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Love50 %24 %40 %39 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Empathy50 %26 %43 %39 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Love50 %25 %43 %40 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Empathy49 %25 %45 %35 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Empathy54 %39 %50 %32 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Sadness70 %64 %60 %39 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Sadness83 %79 %73 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Sadness86 %80 %80 %18 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Sadness90 %85 %84 %13 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Sadness88 %85 %80 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Sadness72 %64 %66 %35 %
77.5 %≈ 72′Hope65 %48 %61 %38 %
82.5 %≈ 77′Empathy76 %61 %74 %53 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Sadness88 %80 %80 %63 %
92.5 %≈ 86′Sadness79 %70 %65 %44 %
97.5 %≈ 91′Hope60 %45 %47 %23 %
Cinderella

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

RM
Reid Miller

Connie Britton

Lola Bell

MJ
Maxwell Jenkins

Joseph Bell

ML
Morgan Lily

Marcie

Gary Sinise

Sheriff Westin

TB
Tara Buck

Mary Ivy

AS
Ash Santos

Kim

IR
Igby Rigney

Chance

CP
Cindy Perez

Driver in Jeep

SS
Scout Smith

Colleen

CC
Coral Chambers

Dutch

BM
Blaine Maye

Boyd

BB
Blake Barlow

Victor

JL
Jayne Luke

Samantha Sims

JA
Juan Antonio

Utah HWY Patrolman

KC
Kenadee Clark

Tandy

CB
Cassie Beck

Mrs. Swift

JB
Jake Brown

Student #1

Details

Written by
Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
Type
Movies
Released
2020
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.3 · 10,649 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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