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Meet John Doe

1941 · 123 min · Director: Frank Capra ★ IMDb 7.6 · 16,624 ratings

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As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

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Meet John Doe (1941) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Hope 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Empathy
25%Hope
20%Humor
  1. Empathy30%
  2. Hope25%
  3. Humor20%
  4. Anxiety15%
  5. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Hope, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Hope and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 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
  • Hope
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Empathy
Hope
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 73 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyHopeTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy37 %28 %9 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor38 %21 %10 %28 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Humor40 %16 %10 %23 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Humor43 %13 %9 %18 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Humor43 %18 %12 %18 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Empathy44 %32 %16 %23 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Empathy48 %39 %25 %33 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Hope59 %43 %47 %32 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Hope66 %48 %62 %21 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Hope66 %53 %61 %19 %
52.5 %≈ 65′Hope63 %51 %57 %21 %
57.5 %≈ 71′Hope57 %38 %51 %22 %
62.5 %≈ 77′Hope54 %32 %49 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 83′Hope54 %36 %41 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 89′Tension63 %42 %28 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Tension77 %50 %23 %73 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Tension83 %56 %18 %77 %
87.5 %≈ 108′Sadness83 %59 %14 %75 %
92.5 %≈ 114′Tension82 %60 %29 %72 %
97.5 %≈ 120′Hope86 %68 %55 %68 %
Icarus

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

Gary Cooper

Barbara Stanwyck

EA
Edward Arnold

Walter Brennan

SB
Spring Byington

James Gleason

Gene Lockhart

RL
Rod La Rocque

IB
Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Beany

Regis Toomey

JF
J. Farrell MacDonald

'Sourpuss'

WH
Warren Hymer

Angelface

HH
Harry Holman

Mayor Hawkins

AT
Andrew Tombes

Spencer

PW
Pierre Watkin

Hammett

SA
Stanley Andrews

Weston

ML
Mitchell Lewis

Bennett

CC
Charles Cahill Wilson

Charlie Dawson

VG
Vaughan Glaser

Governor

Sterling Holloway

Dan

Details

Directed by
Frank Capra
Written by
Robert Riskin, Richard Connell, Robert Presnell Sr.
Type
Movies
Released
1941
Runtime
123 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 16,624 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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