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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966 · 97 min · Director: Richard Lester ★ IMDb 6.8 · 10,844 ratings

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A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 40%, Smile 25%, Excitement 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor40%
  2. Smile25%
  3. Love10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Smile, Excitement. Genres: Comedy, Romance, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Smile and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Excitement
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Excitement

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 evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorExcitementRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor58 %58 %20 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor58 %58 %18 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor61 %60 %20 %0 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor65 %61 %21 %4 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Love67 %60 %21 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Humor67 %64 %24 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Humor67 %67 %23 %2 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor64 %63 %21 %0 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Humor65 %63 %28 %0 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Humor70 %68 %35 %0 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Humor67 %67 %29 %0 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Humor64 %64 %24 %0 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Humor71 %70 %28 %0 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Humor74 %73 %27 %2 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Humor70 %68 %26 %5 %
77.5 %≈ 75′Humor69 %60 %40 %13 %
82.5 %≈ 80′Excitement71 %55 %56 %20 %
87.5 %≈ 85′Excitement76 %61 %56 %31 %
92.5 %≈ 90′Relief82 %70 %47 %55 %
97.5 %≈ 95′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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

PS
Phil Silvers

Buster Keaton

Erronius

MC
Michael Crawford

AA
Annette Andre

LG
Leon Greene

JB
John Bluthal

Roman Chief Guard

PB
Pamela Brown

High Priestess

PJ
Patricia Jessel

Domina

BL
Beatrix Lehmann

Domina's Mother

FT
Frank Thornton

Slave Driver

PB
Peter Butterworth

Roman Sentry

JB
John Bennett

Pseudolus' mark

AF
Andrew Faulds

Roman

JB
Jennifer Baker

Geminae #1

SB
Susan Baker

Geminae #2

Details

Directed by
Richard Lester
Written by
Larry Gelbart, Melvin Frank, Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, Michael Pertwee
Type
Movies
Released
1966
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 10,844 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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