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Christmas Pen Pals

2018 · 90 min · Director: Siobhan Devine ★ IMDb 6.9 · 1,910 ratings

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After being dumped by her boyfriend, a successful tech wiz dating-app creator returns to her hometown for the holiday season, and her dad gets her to sign up for the annual Christmas Cupid anonymous matchmaking event.

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Christmas Pen Pals (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Happiness 35%, Love 25%, Nostalgia 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love25%
  2. Hope15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Happiness, Love, Nostalgia. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Happiness, Love and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Love
  • Curiosity
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Love

Love
Curiosity
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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 peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveCuriosityRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor33 %13 %27 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sadness38 %16 %31 %6 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Curiosity41 %20 %38 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor44 %25 %41 %5 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity48 %26 %41 %4 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor50 %24 %39 %5 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Humor49 %23 %40 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Curiosity48 %26 %40 %6 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Love51 %36 %33 %9 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Sadness60 %48 %34 %13 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Love60 %51 %43 %10 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Love51 %44 %41 %8 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Humor49 %36 %40 %6 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Curiosity55 %37 %40 %5 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Sadness63 %44 %38 %14 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Love64 %53 %45 %24 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Love65 %57 %59 %19 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Curiosity70 %59 %66 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Love78 %70 %51 %46 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Love85 %83 %25 %67 %
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

SD
Sarah Drew

Hannah

NM
Niall Matter

Sam

JB
Jag Bal

Ian

JC
Jesse Carroll

Mike Jones

VD
Vincent Dangerfield

Greg Williams

KD
Kathleen Duborg

Susan

CG
Chelsea Gill

Waitress

NH
Nicholas Holmes

Young Max

GP
Giles Panton

Daniel Harrison

NT
Naika Toussaint

Julie

NU
Nevis Unipan

Lizzy

TW
Talana Watt Madu

Ice Skater

CW
Cardi Wong

Spencer

Details

Directed by
Siobhan Devine
Written by
Carley Smale
Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 1,910 ratings
Feels mostly
Happiness
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