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Coming Home

1978 · 127 min · Director: Hal Ashby ★ IMDb 7.3 · 16,159 ratings

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In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

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Emotional fingerprint

Coming Home (1978) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

20%Love
  1. Love20%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

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

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Sadness
Empathy
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 dips around 3 %, then rises around 53 %, then peaks around 63 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension35 %13 %10 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Humor37 %18 %18 %29 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Sadness43 %26 %30 %34 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Tension46 %29 %38 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Empathy50 %33 %43 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Sadness51 %33 %41 %34 %
32.5 %≈ 41′Humor55 %31 %46 %30 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Empathy63 %36 %56 %28 %
42.5 %≈ 54′Love56 %25 %44 %30 %
47.5 %≈ 60′Humor51 %25 %36 %31 %
52.5 %≈ 67′Sadness60 %38 %44 %41 %
57.5 %≈ 73′Tension69 %41 %46 %54 %
62.5 %≈ 79′Sadness77 %51 %57 %51 %
67.5 %≈ 86′Love75 %44 %61 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 92′Love64 %36 %53 %40 %
77.5 %≈ 98′Sadness60 %43 %48 %45 %
82.5 %≈ 105′Tension61 %39 %45 %53 %
87.5 %≈ 111′Tension70 %46 %55 %64 %
92.5 %≈ 117′Sadness76 %61 %66 %59 %
97.5 %≈ 124′Sadness72 %63 %65 %38 %
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

Bruce Dern

Capt. Bob Hyde

PM
Penelope Milford

Robert Carradine

Bill Munson

RG
Robert Ginty

RG
Robert Ginty

Sgt. Dink Mobley

MG
Mary Gregory

KM
Kathleen Miller

BC
Beeson Carroll

WT
Willie Tyler

LC
Lou Carello

Bozo

OC
Olivia Cole

Corrine

TH
Tresa Hughes

Nurse Degroot

Bruce French

Dr. Lincoln

MJ
Mary Jackson

Fleta Wilson

TP
Tim Pelt

Jason

RT
Rita Taggart

Johnson

CW
Claudie Watson

Bridges

Details

Directed by
Hal Ashby
Written by
Nancy Dowd, Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt
Type
Movies
Released
1978
Runtime
127 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 16,159 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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