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Buddy Games

2019 · 97 min · Director: Josh Duhamel ★ IMDb 4.8 · 9,566 ratings

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Josh Duhamel (Transformers) stars in this wild and hilarious, no-holds-barred comedy. After six lifelong friends have a five year falling out, Bob (Duhamel), aka "The Bobfather", reunites his pals for the Buddy Games, an insane competition of absurd physical and mental challenges with the chance to win a $150,000 pot. Now all bets are off, as the determined dudes fight, claw, and party for the big bucks in this star-studded bro-fest featuring Dax Shepard (CHiPs), Olivia Munn (Office Christmas Party) and Kevin Dillon ("Entourage").

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Buddy Games (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Smile 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor35%
  2. Smile25%
  3. Love10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Smile, Excitement. Genres: Comedy. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Smile and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 4.8/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 56/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Excitement
  • Disgust

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Disgust

Dominant emotion: Excitement

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 78 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorExcitementDisgust
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor50 %43 %37 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor46 %40 %26 %19 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor43 %38 %16 %16 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor46 %36 %16 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Sympathy50 %35 %15 %18 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Humor48 %36 %14 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Humor48 %39 %21 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Disgust56 %44 %40 %31 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Excitement63 %49 %54 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Humor64 %49 %44 %41 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Disgust66 %46 %31 %49 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Tension61 %45 %33 %28 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Humor54 %41 %33 %11 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Tension54 %36 %27 %11 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Humor60 %38 %21 %30 %
77.5 %≈ 75′Disgust69 %40 %28 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 80′Excitement69 %41 %48 %28 %
87.5 %≈ 85′Excitement61 %44 %50 %15 %
92.5 %≈ 90′Humor55 %45 %34 %30 %
97.5 %≈ 95′Disgust53 %45 %23 %43 %
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

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Dan Bakkedahl

Dan Bakkedahl

Sheldon 'Shelly' Baldinger

Nick Swardson

Dixon Bender

Dax Shepard

John Durfy

Olivia Munn

Tiffany

LD
Linda Darlow

Mary Ann Baldinger

LG
Lucie Guest

Nikki Baldinger

ME
Marion Eisman

Mildred Schmidt

Duncan Fraser

Bill Schmidt

Jensen Ackles

Jack Durfy

SF
Stephen Farrelly

Thursty

JH
Janis Hanen

Doris

MC
Melanie Chan

Grace

DB
Donna Benedicto

Faith

MT
Mel Tuck

Bruce

ED
Emily Delahunty

Little Girl #1

HZ
Hannah Zirke

Little Girl #2

Details

Directed by
Josh Duhamel
Written by
Josh Duhamel, Jude Weng, Bob Schwartz
Type
Movies
Released
2019
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.8 · 9,566 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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