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Gentle Ben

2002 · 100 min · Director: David S. Cass Sr., David S. Cass Sr. ★ IMDb 5.9 · 380 ratings

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When Mark goes for a visit with his uncle he's thrown into a world he knows not much about. Little does he know it'll be a world he's going to have to become very familiar with. One character Mark becomes very familiar and friendly with is a very tame black bear who he later names Ben

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Gentle Ben (2002) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Love 25%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Love
20%Awe
  1. Love25%
  2. Awe20%
  3. Hope20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Love, Awe. Genres: Drama, Family, TV Movie. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Tension
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

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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. Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyTensionRelief
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor30 %13 %15 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor32 %19 %18 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension36 %26 %29 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Empathy44 %40 %31 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Empathy50 %49 %26 %8 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Empathy50 %46 %34 %5 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Empathy56 %53 %46 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Empathy60 %57 %48 %15 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Empathy58 %55 %45 %20 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Empathy60 %56 %49 %16 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Tension64 %55 %59 %11 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Tension68 %51 %68 %9 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Tension70 %48 %70 %8 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Tension66 %43 %66 %8 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension60 %43 %59 %9 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Empathy63 %51 %60 %14 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension74 %61 %58 %33 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Relief80 %65 %40 %57 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
97.5 %≈ 98′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Man in a hole

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

Dean Cain

Jack Wedloe

RM
Reiley McClendon

Mark Wedloe

GB
Gil Birmingham

CW
Cody Weiant

SB
Stephen Bridgewater

SB
Stephen Bridgewater

Norwood Malone

DA
David Atkinson

DA
David Atkinson

Ranch Hand

JK
J. Karen Thomas

Ms. Washborough

DL
Dustin Lopez

Gunther

B
Bonkers

Ben

Details

Directed by
David S. Cass Sr., David S. Cass Sr.
Written by
Walt Morey, Jim Makichuk
Type
Movies
Released
2002
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.9 · 380 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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