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Engaging Father Christmas

2017 · 85 min · Director: David Winning ★ IMDb 6.7 · 2,178 ratings

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This Christmas promises to be the best of Miranda Chester's life. She has returned to the beautiful New England town of Carlton Heath, where last year she found love with Ian McAndrick and she is among the family she never knew sh...

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Engaging Father Christmas (2017) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Happiness 35%, Love 25%, Nostalgia 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love25%
  2. Hope15%
  3. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Happiness, Love, Nostalgia. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Happiness, Love and Nostalgia. 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
  • Joy
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Love
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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 peaks around 43 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveJoyRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Joy33 %20 %28 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Joy39 %26 %34 %4 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Joy44 %26 %35 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Tension44 %20 %30 %4 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Joy43 %20 %29 %4 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Joy44 %29 %29 %10 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Love55 %50 %40 %18 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Love71 %69 %64 %19 %
42.5 %≈ 36′Joy73 %61 %71 %15 %
47.5 %≈ 40′Joy60 %43 %55 %10 %
52.5 %≈ 45′Love49 %30 %29 %6 %
57.5 %≈ 49′Tension46 %25 %19 %8 %
62.5 %≈ 53′Joy44 %24 %26 %10 %
67.5 %≈ 57′Joy44 %20 %30 %8 %
72.5 %≈ 62′Tension56 %18 %25 %4 %
77.5 %≈ 66′Tension69 %28 %13 %3 %
82.5 %≈ 70′Sadness73 %50 %10 %16 %
87.5 %≈ 74′Love71 %63 %26 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 79′Relief74 %66 %51 %65 %
97.5 %≈ 83′Joy80 %73 %70 %67 %
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

NM
Niall Matter

Ian McAndrick

Michael Kopsa

Andrew McAndrick

P. Lynn Johnson

Katherine McAndrick

AO
Aliyah O'Brien

Ellie Whitcomb

Bethany Brown

Annie Jacobs

CB
Crystal Balint

Natalie Garrett

NU
Nevis Unipan

Julia Whitcomb

CS
Callum Seagram Airlie

Mark Whitcomb

JT
Jim Thorburn

Peter Whitcomb

BW
Benjamin Wilkinson

Steve Decker

Details

Directed by
David Winning
Written by
David Golden, Robin Jones Gunn
Type
Movies
Released
2017
Runtime
85 min
Country
United States, Canada
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 2,178 ratings
Feels mostly
Happiness
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