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This Is Not What I Expected

2017 · 106 min · Director: Derek Hui, Derek Hui Wang-Yu ★ IMDb 6.7 · 2,077 ratings

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An obsessive CEO of a company meets a ragged chef by chance. They are drawn closer together because of their love for delicacies, yet their personalities clash big time.

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This Is Not What I Expected (2017) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Love 25%, Surprise 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
25%Love
20%Surprise
  1. Humor30%
  2. Love25%
  3. Surprise20%
  4. Empathy15%
  5. Satisfaction10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Surprise. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 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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  • Love
  • Humor
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

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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 13 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveHumorSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor47 %3 %40 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness43 %6 %33 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity41 %9 %30 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Humor45 %11 %39 %10 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Humor50 %10 %49 %13 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Humor51 %8 %51 %10 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Humor48 %13 %44 %10 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity46 %18 %38 %5 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Humor48 %19 %38 %1 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Curiosity48 %28 %38 %5 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Humor50 %40 %43 %9 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Love56 %49 %45 %16 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Love60 %53 %35 %24 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Love57 %45 %24 %23 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Tension58 %29 %19 %30 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Sadness63 %24 %14 %49 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Sadness64 %29 %13 %53 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Tension66 %39 %24 %39 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Love71 %59 %31 %21 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Love70 %68 %27 %8 %
Cinderella

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

Takeshi Kaneshiro

DZ
Dongyu Zhou

ZD
Zhou Dongyu

Gu Shengnan

YS
Yi-zhou Sun

XM
Xi Mengyao

Xu Zhaodi

TY
Tony Yang Yo-Ning

Cheng Ziqian

SY
Sun Yizhou

Meng Xinjie

CK
Chang Kuo-Chu

Jin's Father

LC
Lin Chi-ling

Lu Jin's Personal Chef

GX
Gao Xiaosong

Gao Fushuai

QT
Quan Tong

Chef Shuai

YZ
Yuan Zhong Yuan

Acquisition Representative

ZX
Zhang Xin Qi

Twin Waiters

ZX
Zhang Xin Yao

Twin Waiters

Details

Directed by
Derek Hui, Derek Hui Wang-Yu
Written by
Joyce Chan, Yuan Li, Lan Bai Se, Li Yuan, Xu Yimeng, Joyce Chan Ka-Yi
Type
Movies
Released
2017
Runtime
106 min
Country
China
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 2,077 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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