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The Beach House

2018 · 90 min · Director: Roger Spottiswoode ★ IMDb 6.5 · 3,007 ratings

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Caretta "Cara" Rutledge tries to move beyond a difficult past but is forced to grapple with history head-on when she returns to fix the family beach house.

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The Beach House (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

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

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Love
  • Sadness
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

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 dips around 23 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveSadnessHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Love45 %38 %18 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Nostalgia43 %34 %13 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Love43 %34 %11 %23 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Love45 %38 %13 %26 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Nostalgia43 %34 %14 %19 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Love48 %29 %25 %10 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Sadness55 %29 %38 %15 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Hope59 %31 %46 %24 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Sadness65 %33 %54 %19 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Nostalgia64 %43 %38 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Love60 %53 %23 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Love66 %54 %45 %29 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Sadness75 %59 %69 %26 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Love74 %54 %66 %31 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Sadness71 %44 %61 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Sadness69 %41 %54 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Tension68 %38 %36 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Tension74 %45 %36 %25 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Love79 %66 %54 %40 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Love82 %80 %62 %53 %
Riches to rags

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

Minka Kelly

Coretta 'Cara' Rudland

DB
Donna Biscoe

Flo

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Donny Boaz

Palmer Rudland

AO
Alyshia Ochse

Julia Rudland

HB
Havana Blum

Linnea Rudland

SS
Seaton Stanley

Cooper Rudland

CS
Chase Stokes

Russell Bennett

CA
Carrie Anne Hunt

Young Lovie

DM
David Moncrief

Richard Devries

SA
Selena Anduze

Dr. Pittman

AT
Anthony Triceri

Order Guy

MA
Meiyee Apple Tam

Assistant

HS
Haviland Stillwell

Biologist

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Michael Burnett

Turtle (puppeteer)

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Shelby Christine Freeman

Pregnant Girl (uncredited)

LM
Luna Munroe

Pregnant Girl / Hurricane Evacuee (uncredited)

MW
Michael Wayne Thomas

Boater (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode
Written by
Maria Nation, Mary Alice Monroe, Maria Nation
Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 3,007 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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