Freak Show
2017 · 91 min · Director: Trudie Styler, Trudie Styler
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
In the vein of CLUELESS and NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, FREAK SHOW tells the moving, heartwarming, and hilarious story of Billy Bloom, a boldly confident, wildly eccentric teenager, who faces intolerance and persecution at his ultra conservative high school, and decides to fight back on behalf of all the misunderstood freaks of the world by running for the title of homecoming queen.
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Freak Show (2017) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 30%, Empathy 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Inspiration30%
- Empathy25%
- Humor20%
- Hope15%
- Sadness10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Empathy, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Empathy and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Inspiration
- Sadness
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Inspiration
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Inspiration | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Empathy | 53 % | 47 % | 12 % | 37 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Empathy | 53 % | 45 % | 9 % | 35 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 11′ | Humor | 50 % | 43 % | 10 % | 31 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Empathy | 60 % | 50 % | 13 % | 36 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Tension | 74 % | 64 % | 13 % | 49 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Empathy | 73 % | 69 % | 14 % | 54 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Empathy | 61 % | 60 % | 16 % | 41 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Humor | 56 % | 53 % | 20 % | 26 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Empathy | 60 % | 54 % | 26 % | 26 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Humor | 63 % | 53 % | 25 % | 32 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Tension | 68 % | 56 % | 13 % | 46 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Sadness | 74 % | 61 % | 20 % | 54 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Inspiration | 70 % | 54 % | 46 % | 38 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Inspiration | 65 % | 49 % | 57 % | 23 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Inspiration | 66 % | 46 % | 53 % | 18 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Tension | 69 % | 39 % | 44 % | 14 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Inspiration | 75 % | 44 % | 54 % | 16 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Inspiration | 83 % | 63 % | 75 % | 26 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 84′ | Inspiration | 73 % | 59 % | 61 % | 33 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 89′ | Sadness | 52 % | 35 % | 27 % | 32 % |
Rags to riches
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
Flip
Bernard
Principal Onnigan
Mr. Reamer
Tour Guide
Katya
Young Billy
Bo-Bo
Details
- Directed by
- Trudie Styler, Trudie Styler
- Written by
- Patrick J. Clifton, James St. James, Beth Rigazio
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2017
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom, Sweden
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Inspiration
- Data updated
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