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Hold-up

1985 · 114 min · Director: Alexandre Arcady ★ IMDb 6.5 · 3,652 ratings

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Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...

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Hold-up (1985) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 40%, Excitement 25%, Surprise 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor40%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Surprise. Genres: Comedy, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Humor
Tension
Relief
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 peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionRelief
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity45 %38 %33 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor54 %43 %44 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Tension63 %44 %58 %1 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Humor66 %54 %61 %4 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Humor65 %57 %59 %9 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Tension59 %49 %53 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Curiosity58 %51 %45 %19 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Humor63 %59 %48 %24 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Humor64 %59 %53 %36 %
47.5 %≈ 54′Humor64 %61 %51 %39 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Humor66 %66 %48 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Humor65 %61 %46 %15 %
62.5 %≈ 71′Tension59 %50 %50 %14 %
67.5 %≈ 77′Humor55 %44 %53 %19 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Tension60 %46 %57 %18 %
77.5 %≈ 88′Humor66 %53 %64 %19 %
82.5 %≈ 94′Tension68 %50 %66 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 100′Tension68 %46 %55 %34 %
92.5 %≈ 105′Relief66 %54 %34 %48 %
97.5 %≈ 111′Humor65 %62 %28 %48 %
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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

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Simon Labrosse

Jd
Jean-Claude de Goros

Jd
Jean-Claude de Goros

Inspecteur Fox

TK
Tex Konig

TK
Tex Konig

Lasky

RA
Raymond Aquilon

YP
Yvan Ponton

YP
Yvan Ponton

Tremplin

GP
Guy Provost

GL
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge

Child with rabbit

GC
Georges Carrère

Le directeur de la banque

RN
Richard Niquette

Un otage (4 enfants)

YJ
Yves Jacques

Un otage (400 $)

SS
Sophie Stanke

Nurse

KR
Karen Racicot

Journalist

MC
Marguerite Corriveau

Journalist U.S.A

MD
Michel Daigle

Pizza policeman

ML
Marie-Chantal Labelle

Lover

FR
Francis Reddy

Lover

Details

Directed by
Alexandre Arcady
Type
Movies
Released
1985
Runtime
114 min
Country
Canada, France
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 3,652 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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