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Paper Moon

1973 · 102 min · Director: Peter Bogdanovich ★ IMDb 8.1 · 58,525 ratings

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During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

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Paper Moon (1973) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Empathy 25%, Joy 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
15%Joy
  1. Humor35%
  2. Joy15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Joy. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Joy. Its IMDb rating of 8.1/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sympathy
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Sympathy
Humor
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 8 %, then rises around 68 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathyHumor
2.5 %≈ 3′Sympathy36 %11 %33 %16 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sympathy36 %19 %30 %22 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor40 %25 %27 %32 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor42 %23 %22 %38 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor42 %19 %21 %40 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor42 %17 %25 %37 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Sympathy43 %18 %30 %33 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Humor42 %22 %31 %34 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Sympathy42 %23 %34 %36 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Humor43 %23 %35 %37 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Hope41 %26 %26 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Humor43 %34 %22 %30 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Sympathy48 %42 %25 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 69′Tension53 %51 %20 %21 %
72.5 %≈ 74′Tension65 %64 %21 %22 %
77.5 %≈ 79′Tension74 %72 %29 %24 %
82.5 %≈ 84′Tension72 %69 %30 %29 %
87.5 %≈ 89′Tension69 %53 %39 %28 %
92.5 %≈ 94′Sympathy68 %30 %53 %23 %
97.5 %≈ 99′Hope63 %18 %51 %25 %
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

Madeline Kahn

Trixie Delight

JL
Jessie Lee Fulton

BG
Burton Gilliam

Floyd

NW
Noble Willingham

PJ
P.J. Johnson

Noble Willingham

Mr. Robertson

BG
Burton Gilliam

HG
Hugh Gillin

2nd Deputy

RR
Rose-Mary Rumbley

Aunt Billie

DD
Desmond Dhooge

Cotton Candy Man

AE
Art Ellison

Silver Mine Gentleman

LW
Lila Waters

The Minister's Wife

BY
Bob Young

Gas Station Attendant

JS
Jack Saunders

Station Master

JW
Jody Wilbur

Cafe Waitress

LR
Liz Ross

The Widow Morgan - Pearl

YH
Yvonne Harrison

The Widow Bates - Marie

Details

Directed by
Peter Bogdanovich
Written by
Alvin Sargent, Joe David Brown, Alvin Sargent
Type
Movies
Released
1973
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.1 · 58,525 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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