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Dog Days

2018 · 112 min · Director: Ken Marino, Ken Marino ★ IMDb 6.2 · 6,030 ratings

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Los Angeles, California, is the main and heart-warming scenario where life and fate interconnect five different stories as well as their characters with their respective canine pets: Elizabeth is a famous newscaster of a morning TV show; after a disastrous interview with former basketball player Jimmy, Elizabeth's boss decides to contract Jimmy as co-host due to the high ratings of the interview. On another side of the city, Tara is a waiter of a coffee shop who passes her days talking with her shallow and dog-walker friend Daisy. Tara, who is crazy about the friendly but full of himself vet Dr. Mike, one day meets Garrett, the eccentric and shy owner of an animal care center who is unable to tell Tara that he loves her. Grace and Kurt are a married couple made nervous by the arrival of their first adoptive child, Amelia; they see that the child doesn't seem happy with her new home and her new parents. Dax is a teen in the body of adult, and leader of the aspiring rock band Frunk, who after a visit to his pregnant sister Ruth and her husband Greg, is forced to keep and care for Ruth's dog, despite the building where Dax lives not allowing dogs. Finally Walter, an aging and lonely widower, loses his pet when it escapes from his hand, receiving the unexpected help of a pizza delivery boy named Tyler to find it. As time moves on, things complicate for everyone: Elizabeth and Jimmy start to feel attracted to each other, making their work more difficult, especially after Elizabeth discovers that Jimmy has been hired for a more important job in another channel. Tara accepts Garrett's offer to work as volunteer in his animal care center at the same time she starts to date Dr. Mike; meanwhile Garrett learns that the owner of the building has sold it and he'll lose the center. Amelia finds Walter's dog, which makes her happy, but Grace and Kurt fear that one day Amelia will lose her new friend if the owner appears; Dax is caring for Ruth's dog, although eventually it starts to put order in his life, even as it creates trouble to hide it from his neighbors. Walter decides use his formation as teacher to help Tyler with his academic studies, preparing exams for some Tyler's teachers as Kurt. Unaware for all the people including to her own, Tara's decision to organize a concert to get funds looking for save Garrett's animal care center will cause that all the stories collide between them, revealing as life, fate and dogs are more related than anyone can imagine.

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Dog Days (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Humor 25%, Joy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Humor
20%Joy
  1. Humor25%
  2. Joy20%
  3. Love15%
  4. Relief10%

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Humor and Joy. Its IMDb rating of 6.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

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%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveHumorJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor42 %22 %38 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor41 %19 %39 %19 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor39 %21 %36 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Humor41 %23 %40 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Humor44 %18 %44 %25 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Humor41 %19 %41 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Humor44 %26 %38 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Empathy48 %32 %34 %28 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Humor48 %37 %34 %32 %
47.5 %≈ 53′Love49 %43 %35 %32 %
52.5 %≈ 59′Love49 %38 %39 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 64′Humor48 %23 %45 %23 %
62.5 %≈ 70′Humor51 %21 %44 %16 %
67.5 %≈ 76′Sadness57 %29 %34 %13 %
72.5 %≈ 81′Sadness60 %33 %25 %19 %
77.5 %≈ 87′Empathy59 %41 %24 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 92′Joy59 %50 %29 %46 %
87.5 %≈ 98′Love63 %56 %33 %49 %
92.5 %≈ 104′Love63 %56 %35 %48 %
97.5 %≈ 109′Joy58 %50 %40 %48 %
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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

Nina Dobrev

Elizabeth

Eva Longoria

Grace Chapman

Rob Corddry

Kurt Chapman

TB
Tone Bell

Jimmy Johnston

JB
Jon Bass

Garrett

MC
Michael Cassidy

Dr. Mike Stone

RC
Ron Cephas Jones

Walter

Tig Notaro

Danielle Thornhill

TC
Tony Cavalero

Stanley

JL
Jessica Lowe

Amy

MG
Mo Gaffney

Mayor Velez

EP
Elizabeth Phoenix Caro

Amelia Chapman

Details

Directed by
Ken Marino, Ken Marino
Written by
Elissa Matsueda, Erica Oyama, Erica Oyama
Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
112 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.2 · 6,030 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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