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Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

2016 · 95 min · Director: Fisher Stevens, Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens ★ IMDb 7.9 · 3,760 ratings

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Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds star in a tender portrait of Hollywood royalty in all its eccentricity. From the red carpet to the back alleys behind it, the documentary is about the bonds of family love, which are beautifully bitter-sweet.

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Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Nostalgia 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love15%
  2. Humor10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Nostalgia, Melancholy. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Nostalgia and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Love
  • Nostalgia
  • Sympathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Love
Nostalgia
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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 dips around 23 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveNostalgiaSympathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor55 %33 %23 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor55 %30 %36 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Nostalgia56 %29 %41 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor55 %30 %34 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor50 %30 %34 %21 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Nostalgia53 %38 %36 %33 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Love61 %46 %33 %50 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Sympathy65 %44 %32 %59 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Sympathy64 %38 %40 %57 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Nostalgia60 %33 %41 %44 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Humor58 %31 %35 %33 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Sympathy61 %36 %39 %44 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Sadness64 %36 %49 %51 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Nostalgia59 %29 %51 %45 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Nostalgia58 %33 %49 %46 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Nostalgia64 %45 %40 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Sympathy65 %46 %28 %59 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Sympathy63 %46 %31 %50 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Love68 %59 %48 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Love73 %68 %57 %50 %
Man in a hole

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

TF
Todd Fisher

CH
Catherine Hickland

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AG
Abe Gurko

Self

CF
Constance Freiberg

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Billie Lourd

Self (uncredited)

EF
Eddie Fisher

Self (uncredited)

DM
Doug Maulden-Locke

Self (uncredited)

Fisher Stevens

Self (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Fisher Stevens, Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens
Type
Movies
Released
2016
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.9 · 3,760 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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