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Free Solo

2018 · 100 min · Director: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ★ IMDb 8.1 · 89,061 ratings

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Alex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.

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Emotional fingerprint

Free Solo (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 38%, Awe 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Awe25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Awe, Excitement. Genres: Documentary, Adventure, Sport. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Awe and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 8.1/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 76/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Relief
  • Awe

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Awe

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Relief
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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 3 %, then dips around 18 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionReliefAwe
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity48 %35 %0 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity50 %40 %0 %28 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Awe51 %38 %0 %29 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Empathy45 %25 %1 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Tension48 %34 %3 %8 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Tension60 %52 %3 %6 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Tension63 %50 %3 %4 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Empathy65 %48 %1 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension72 %61 %0 %20 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Tension68 %64 %0 %24 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Tension61 %56 %4 %18 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Tension58 %50 %15 %13 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Relief50 %39 %21 %10 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Empathy49 %39 %13 %14 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension63 %56 %3 %15 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Tension77 %73 %6 %16 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension83 %79 %25 %32 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Tension88 %64 %55 %54 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Relief88 %28 %76 %55 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Relief78 %7 %75 %42 %
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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Alex Honnold

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Tommy Caldwell

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Sanni McCandless

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Mikey Schaefer

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Cheyne Lempe

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Mark Synnott

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Peter Croft

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Dierdre Wolownick

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Details

Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.1 · 89,061 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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