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Bad Education

2019 · 109 min · Director: Cory Finley ★ IMDb 7.1 · 46,696 ratings

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A Long Island school superintendent and his assistant are credited with bringing the district unprecedented prestige. Frank is a master of positive messaging, whether before an audience of community leaders or in an office with a concerned student or parent. That changes when a student reporter uncovers an embezzlement scheme of epic proportions, prompting Frank to devise an elaborate cover-up.

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Emotional fingerprint

Bad Education (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Humor 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor25%
  2. Anger15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Humor, Anxiety. Genres: Comedy, Crime, Biography. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Humor and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Curiosity
Sadness
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 18 %, then peaks around 78 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriositySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor30 %9 %20 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor30 %12 %25 %6 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Curiosity30 %13 %27 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Humor30 %12 %25 %13 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Love35 %20 %31 %9 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Curiosity48 %40 %43 %7 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Tension57 %54 %46 %11 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Tension59 %56 %42 %22 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Tension57 %53 %40 %30 %
47.5 %≈ 52′Tension53 %46 %41 %27 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Curiosity52 %41 %50 %21 %
57.5 %≈ 63′Curiosity59 %50 %55 %14 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Tension63 %60 %50 %14 %
67.5 %≈ 74′Tension63 %60 %42 %24 %
72.5 %≈ 79′Tension66 %61 %35 %28 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Tension69 %63 %33 %31 %
82.5 %≈ 90′Tension65 %57 %36 %39 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Curiosity57 %40 %38 %38 %
92.5 %≈ 101′Sadness53 %18 %26 %36 %
97.5 %≈ 106′Love55 %7 %12 %41 %
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

Allison Janney

Pam Gluckin

WW
Welker White

Geraldine Viswanathan

Rachel Bhargava

Alex Wolff

Nick Fleischman

RC
Rafael Casal

Kyle Contreras

Stephen Spinella

Thomas 'Tom' Tuggiero

Annaleigh Ashford

Jenny Aquila

HD
Hari Dhillon

David Bhargava

JS
Jeremy Shamos

Phil Metzger

SK
Stephanie Kurtzuba

Carol Schweitzer

CC
Catherine Curtin

Judy Shapiro

KN
Kathrine Narducci

Sharon Katz

RA
Ray Abruzzo

Howard Gluckin

KC
Kayli Carter

Amber McCarden

Jimmy Tatro

Jim Boy McCarden

Welker White

Mary Ann

CC
Calvin Coakley

Chad Schweitzer

SY
Sung Yun Cho

Joyce - First Agent

JS
Justin Swain

Shawn - Second Agent

Details

Directed by
Cory Finley
Written by
Robert Kolker, Mike Makowsky
Type
Movies
Released
2019
Runtime
109 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 46,696 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
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