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Minding the Gap

2018 · 93 min · Director: Bing Liu ★ IMDb 8 · 11,216 ratings

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Filmmaker Bing Liu searches for correlations between his skateboarder friends' turbulent upbringings and the complexities of modern masculinity.

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Minding the Gap (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 32%, Melancholy 23%, Nostalgia 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope12%

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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 Empathy, Melancholy, Nostalgia. Genres: Documentary, Sport. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Melancholy and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 8.0/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Empathy
Sadness
Hope
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 48 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Joy45 %20 %10 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Joy49 %29 %15 %21 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Joy53 %44 %24 %27 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Empathy56 %55 %34 %24 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Empathy55 %54 %33 %24 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Empathy56 %54 %31 %26 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Empathy64 %61 %43 %18 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Empathy68 %65 %54 %10 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Sadness73 %70 %63 %10 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Empathy83 %80 %73 %8 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Sadness79 %76 %66 %10 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Empathy64 %61 %44 %19 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Empathy57 %56 %34 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Empathy55 %55 %34 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Empathy55 %55 %38 %29 %
77.5 %≈ 72′Empathy66 %65 %51 %28 %
82.5 %≈ 77′Empathy81 %78 %68 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Sadness85 %79 %68 %31 %
92.5 %≈ 86′Hope77 %65 %45 %56 %
97.5 %≈ 91′Hope72 %52 %28 %70 %
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

KA
Kent Abernathy

KJ
Keire Johnson

Self

MB
Mengyue Bolen

ZM
Zack Mulligan

Self

BL
Bing Liu

Self

NB
Nina Bowgren

Details

Directed by
Bing Liu
Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 8 · 11,216 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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