Honey Boy
2019 · 94 min · Director: Alma Har'el
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har'el brings to life a young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father through cinema and dreams. Fictionalizing his childhood's ascent to stardom, and subsequent adult crash-landing into rehab and recovery, Har'el casts Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges as Otis Lort, navigating different stages in a frenetic career. LaBeouf takes on the daring and therapeutic challenge of playing a version of his own father, an ex-rodeo clown and a felon. Artist and musician FKA Twigs makes her feature-film debut, playing neighbor and kindred spirit to the younger Otis in their garden-court motel home. Har'el's feature narrative debut is a one-of-a-kind collaboration between filmmaker and subject, exploring art as medicine and imagination as hope.
Emotional fingerprint
Honey Boy (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Empathy 25%, Guilt 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Sadness30%
- Empathy25%
- Guilt15%
- Hope15%
- Melancholy15%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Guilt. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Guilt. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Tension
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Tension | 62 % | 28 % | 13 % | 58 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Empathy | 51 % | 32 % | 18 % | 45 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Tension | 46 % | 37 % | 23 % | 40 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Empathy | 46 % | 39 % | 24 % | 39 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Hope | 47 % | 41 % | 29 % | 34 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Sadness | 49 % | 41 % | 34 % | 31 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Humor | 47 % | 32 % | 25 % | 35 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Tension | 52 % | 35 % | 24 % | 45 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Empathy | 60 % | 49 % | 41 % | 49 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Sadness | 68 % | 60 % | 59 % | 41 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Sadness | 63 % | 59 % | 55 % | 29 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Empathy | 55 % | 48 % | 39 % | 35 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Tension | 65 % | 50 % | 41 % | 59 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Tension | 72 % | 60 % | 53 % | 65 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Empathy | 70 % | 64 % | 56 % | 54 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Sadness | 75 % | 69 % | 63 % | 55 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Tension | 76 % | 69 % | 61 % | 56 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Empathy | 68 % | 61 % | 48 % | 34 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Hope | 62 % | 57 % | 38 % | 15 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Cinderella
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
Shy Girl
Tiny
Working Girl 1
Rehab Nurse
Pam
AD
Craig
Bucky (TV Dad)
Cop
Carlos
Working Girl 2
Details
- Directed by
- Alma Har'el
- Written by
- Shia LaBeouf
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2019
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Country
- United States
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
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