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Great Expectations

1946 · 118 min · Director: David Lean ★ IMDb 7.8 · 28,706 ratings

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In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

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Emotional fingerprint

Great Expectations (1946) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Empathy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love20%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Empathy, Love. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Empathy
Sadness
Tension
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 peaks around 3 %, then dips around 43 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension75 %53 %23 %75 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Tension73 %48 %20 %73 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Tension64 %43 %18 %57 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Curiosity57 %50 %29 %39 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Sadness56 %55 %45 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Sadness55 %48 %46 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Curiosity59 %43 %39 %18 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Hope58 %35 %25 %15 %
42.5 %≈ 50′Curiosity50 %23 %11 %15 %
47.5 %≈ 56′Hope53 %30 %19 %15 %
52.5 %≈ 62′Empathy57 %46 %33 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 68′Hope59 %43 %30 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 74′Curiosity66 %36 %26 %52 %
67.5 %≈ 80′Tension75 %45 %39 %64 %
72.5 %≈ 86′Sadness75 %51 %48 %66 %
77.5 %≈ 91′Tension71 %53 %40 %58 %
82.5 %≈ 97′Empathy75 %64 %50 %53 %
87.5 %≈ 103′Sadness83 %75 %71 %51 %
92.5 %≈ 109′Sadness84 %76 %71 %36 %
97.5 %≈ 115′Hope82 %72 %60 %27 %
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

VH
Valerie Hobson

TW
Tony Wager

BM
Bernard Miles

FL
Francis L. Sullivan

FJ
Freda Jackson

Mrs. Joe

EE
Eileen Erskine

Biddy

GH
George Hayes

Convict

HP
Hay Petrie

Uncle Pumblechook

JF
John Forrest

The Pale Young Gentleman

TT
Torin Thatcher

Bentley Drummle

OC
O.B. Clarence

The Aged Parent

JB
John Burch

Mr. Wopsle

RG
Richard George

The Sergeant

GD
Grace Denbigh Russell

Mrs. Wopsle

Details

Directed by
David Lean
Written by
Charles Dickens, Ronald Neame, David Lean, Cecil McGivern, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Kay Walsh
Type
Movies
Released
1946
Runtime
118 min
Country
United Kingdom
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.8 · 28,706 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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