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The Seagull

2018 · 98 min · Director: Michael Mayer ★ IMDb 5.8 · 4,298 ratings

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Aging actress Irina Arkadina (Annette Bening) pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Sorin (Brian Dennehy) and her son Konstantin Treplyov (Billy Howle) on a country estate. On one occasion, she brings Boris Trigorin (Corey Stoll), a successful novelist, with her. Nina Zarechnaya (Saoirse Ronan), a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls in love with Boris.

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The Seagull (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love15%

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 5.8/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 61/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Sadness
Empathy
Tension
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 peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Sadness38 %30 %32 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor44 %29 %28 %19 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Love50 %26 %28 %25 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor51 %28 %34 %31 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Sadness50 %36 %41 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Sadness50 %39 %41 %23 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Humor51 %30 %33 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Humor57 %35 %36 %35 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Sadness57 %43 %46 %30 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Empathy54 %40 %46 %33 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Sadness60 %48 %51 %45 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Empathy65 %51 %56 %48 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Tension68 %51 %56 %53 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Sadness69 %55 %56 %54 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Sadness66 %55 %54 %44 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Sadness63 %56 %54 %30 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Sadness64 %59 %59 %30 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Sadness75 %68 %69 %53 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Sadness80 %74 %66 %70 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Sadness75 %70 %52 %70 %
Riches to rags

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

Annette Bening

Irina Arkadina

Saoirse Ronan

Nina Zarechnaya

GF
Glenn Fleshler

Corey Stoll

Boris Trigorin

Mare Winningham

Polina Andryevna

Jon Tenney

Dr. Yevgeny Dorn

Glenn Fleshler

Ilya Shamrayev

MZ
Michael Zegen

Mikhail

BH
Billy Howle

Konstantin Treplyov

Brian Dennehy

Pjotr Sorin

BT
Ben Thompson

Yakov

TH
Thomas Hettrick

Ivan

BT
Barbara Tirrell

Olga

PK
Paul Krisikos

Sasha

Details

Directed by
Michael Mayer
Written by
Anton Chekhov, Stephen Karam
Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.8 · 4,298 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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