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King Lear

2018 · 115 min · Director: Richard Eyre ★ IMDb 6.2 · 4,881 ratings

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An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

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King Lear (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Melancholy 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Melancholy. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Melancholy. 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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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Sadness
Empathy
Tension
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 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension47 %23 %25 %43 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Tension60 %40 %41 %56 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Sadness62 %41 %43 %57 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Tension58 %29 %32 %55 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Tension63 %34 %38 %60 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Tension68 %38 %43 %65 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Tension70 %34 %41 %69 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Tension73 %48 %53 %70 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Tension79 %65 %66 %74 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Sadness81 %70 %73 %70 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Empathy77 %65 %73 %61 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Tension78 %63 %71 %69 %
62.5 %≈ 72′Disturbing85 %71 %76 %76 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Sadness83 %78 %78 %69 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Sadness81 %71 %76 %51 %
77.5 %≈ 89′Empathy82 %61 %79 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 95′Tension81 %49 %66 %66 %
87.5 %≈ 101′Tension83 %49 %56 %80 %
92.5 %≈ 106′Sadness93 %78 %76 %70 %
97.5 %≈ 112′Sadness98 %98 %93 %53 %
Oedipus

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

Emma Thompson

Goneril

Florence Pugh

Cordelia

Jim Carter

Earl of Kent

JM
John Macmillan

Edmund

Tobias Menzies

Duke of Cornwall

AC
Anthony Calf

Duke of Albany

SM
Simon Manyonda

Duke of Burgundy

CI
Chukwudi Iwuji

King of France

SV
Samuel Valentine

Lear's Gentleman

AK
Arinzé Kene

Lieutenant

SW
Sharon Wattis

1st Maid

KB
Kaye Brown

2nd Maid

RD
Raphael Desprez

French Officer

Details

Directed by
Richard Eyre
Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
115 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.2 · 4,881 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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