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Standing Up, Falling Down

2019 · 91 min · Director: Matt Ratner ★ IMDb 6.6 · 2,861 ratings

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A comedy about the unlikely friendship that kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A., forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs, and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist. Discovering to be kindred spirits, each helps the other find healing, in addition to the confidence to face the "failures" in their lives.

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Standing Up, Falling Down (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Empathy 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
25%Empathy
20%Inspiration
  1. Humor30%
  2. Empathy25%
  3. Inspiration20%
  4. Sadness15%
  5. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Inspiration. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 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
  • Sadness
  • Humor

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

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Sadness
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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 18 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessHumor
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor47 %30 %22 %47 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor49 %30 %23 %49 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor49 %32 %25 %48 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor46 %35 %29 %43 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor49 %33 %25 %45 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor55 %34 %21 %53 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Humor56 %38 %24 %53 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Humor53 %33 %20 %49 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Humor49 %31 %20 %45 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Sadness49 %39 %28 %41 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Hope56 %49 %38 %36 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Sadness65 %54 %44 %36 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Humor65 %43 %28 %49 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Humor65 %39 %24 %48 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Sadness70 %55 %50 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Sadness71 %64 %60 %16 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Tension73 %65 %59 %19 %
87.5 %≈ 80′Sadness76 %70 %68 %23 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Sadness70 %64 %60 %21 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Hope60 %52 %43 %13 %
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

Billy Crystal

Ben Schwartz

GG
Grace Gummer

GG
Grace Gummer

Megan

Eloise Mumford

Becky

JB
John Behlmann

Owen

DC
David Castañeda

Ruis

Kevin Dunn

Gary Rollins

Debra Monk

Jeanie Rollins

Nate Corddry

Adam

CM
Caitlin McGee

Taylor

LO
Leonard Ouzts

Murph

NJ
Nathan James

Xavier

HJ
Hassan Johnson

Aaron

NS
Nik Sadhnani

Sonjay

KR
Kelsey Reinhardt

Becca

WA
Wade Allain-Marcus

Bray

CH
Charlie Hankin

Clyde

TS
Tami Sagher

Rose

MS
Marilyn Seide

Nana Marie

MC
Mike Carlsen

Tony

Details

Directed by
Matt Ratner
Written by
Peter Hoare, Peter Hoare
Type
Movies
Released
2019
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 2,861 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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