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Freak Show

2017 · 91 min · Director: Trudie Styler, Trudie Styler ★ IMDb 6.5 · 4,491 ratings

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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

  1. Humor20%
  2. Hope15%

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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

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  • Empathy
  • Inspiration
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Inspiration

Empathy
Inspiration
Sadness
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 13 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyInspirationSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Empathy53 %47 %12 %37 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Empathy53 %45 %9 %35 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor50 %43 %10 %31 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Empathy60 %50 %13 %36 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension74 %64 %13 %49 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Empathy73 %69 %14 %54 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Empathy61 %60 %16 %41 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Humor56 %53 %20 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Empathy60 %54 %26 %26 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Humor63 %53 %25 %32 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Tension68 %56 %13 %46 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Sadness74 %61 %20 %54 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Inspiration70 %54 %46 %38 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Inspiration65 %49 %57 %23 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Inspiration66 %46 %53 %18 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Tension69 %39 %44 %14 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Inspiration75 %44 %54 %16 %
87.5 %≈ 80′Inspiration83 %63 %75 %26 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Inspiration73 %59 %61 %33 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Sadness52 %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

Alex Lawther

Billy Bloom

IN
Ian Nelson

IN
Ian Nelson

Flip

AnnaSophia Robb

Blah Blah Blah

Celia Weston

Florence

Larry Pine

William

CD
Christopher Dylan White

Bernard

Willa Fitzgerald

Tiffany Tarbell

MP
Michael Park

Principal Onnigan

JM
John McEnroe

Coach Carter

MS
Mickey Sumner

Dr. Veronica Vickers

WD
Wally Dunn

Mr. Reamer

Marceline Hugot

Mrs. Monusky

CU
Charlotte Ubben

Sesame

OH
Olli Haaskivi

Tour Guide

LC
Laverne Cox

Felicia Watts

AG
Anatasiya Garvey

Katya

ES
Eddie Schweighardt

Young Billy

DB
Daniel Bellomy

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
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 4,491 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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