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Body Heat

1981 · 113 min · Director: Lawrence Kasdan ★ IMDb 7.4 · 45,008 ratings

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In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.

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Body Heat (1981) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 32%, Anxiety 25%, Excitement 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 Tension, Anxiety, Excitement. Genres: Thriller, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Anxiety and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Surprise

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Curiosity
Surprise
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 rises around 43 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriositySurprise
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor32 %16 %20 %5 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor37 %18 %27 %6 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Curiosity40 %26 %30 %7 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Tension37 %27 %25 %6 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Humor36 %24 %23 %7 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Tension43 %32 %27 %9 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Tension45 %37 %30 %10 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Tension49 %43 %34 %9 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Tension60 %57 %40 %10 %
47.5 %≈ 54′Tension71 %69 %40 %19 %
52.5 %≈ 59′Tension70 %65 %41 %27 %
57.5 %≈ 65′Curiosity60 %52 %50 %28 %
62.5 %≈ 71′Curiosity59 %51 %55 %29 %
67.5 %≈ 76′Tension59 %54 %52 %23 %
72.5 %≈ 82′Tension59 %56 %50 %17 %
77.5 %≈ 88′Tension65 %61 %56 %22 %
82.5 %≈ 93′Curiosity70 %66 %61 %28 %
87.5 %≈ 99′Tension75 %71 %63 %39 %
92.5 %≈ 105′Curiosity70 %60 %59 %43 %
97.5 %≈ 110′Curiosity56 %39 %47 %31 %
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

William Hurt

Ned Racine

Ted Danson

Peter Lowenstein

JP
J.A. Preston

JP
J.A. Preston

Oscar Grace

KZ
Kim Zimmer

JH
Jane Hallaren

JH
Jane Hallaren

Stella

LS
Lanna Saunders

CM
Carola McGuinness

MM
Michael M. Ryan

Miles Hardin

LM
Larry Marko

Judge Costanza

DL
Deborah Lucchesi

Beverly

LH
Lynn Hallowell

Angela

TS
Thom Sharp

Michael Glenn

RT
Ruth Thom

Mrs. Singer

DL
Diane Lewis

Glenda

RT
Robert Traynor

Prison Trustee

MK
Meg Kasdan

Nurse

RP
Ruth P. Strahan

Betty the Housekeeper

Details

Directed by
Lawrence Kasdan
Written by
Lawrence Kasdan
Type
Movies
Released
1981
Runtime
113 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 45,008 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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