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Against the Ropes

2004 · 106 min · Director: Charles S. Dutton ★ IMDb 5.3 · 7,652 ratings

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A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.

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Against the Ropes (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Inspiration 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Inspiration, Tension. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Hope
  • Joy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Joy

Tension
Hope
Joy
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 83 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHopeJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor37 %33 %18 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension39 %36 %18 %10 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor43 %40 %21 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension46 %41 %29 %13 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Humor45 %31 %36 %14 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Hope44 %25 %39 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Sadness46 %33 %34 %9 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Humor49 %36 %35 %18 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Hope51 %34 %44 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Hope50 %31 %45 %38 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Hope50 %31 %44 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Joy53 %33 %46 %44 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Hope56 %41 %38 %31 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Tension65 %54 %19 %14 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Sadness66 %50 %16 %8 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Sadness65 %49 %31 %11 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension73 %65 %41 %16 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Tension81 %80 %45 %19 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Tension89 %79 %51 %39 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Joy93 %67 %55 %68 %
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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

Meg Ryan

Jackie Kallen

Tony Shalhoub

Sam LaRocca

JC
Joe Cortese

JC
Joe Cortese

Irving Abel

SB
Sean Bell

SB
Sean Bell

Ray Kallen

DM
Dean McDermott

DM
Dean McDermott

Pete Kallen

SM
Skye McCole Bartusiak

SM
Skye McCole Bartusiak

Little Jackie

JC
Juan Carlos Hernández

Pedro Hernandez

Tory Kittles

Devon Green

Beau Starr

Corcoran

JD
Jared Durand

Young Crisco

DF
Diego Fuentes

Car Attendant

AT
Angelo Tucci

Rex

RD
Reg Dreger

Lonnie

AF
Arturo Fresolone

Hernandez's Manager

JJ
James Jardine

Ring Announcer

Details

Directed by
Charles S. Dutton
Written by
Cheryl Edwards
Type
Movies
Released
2004
Runtime
106 min
Country
Germany, United States of America
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.3 · 7,652 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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