feeldb

Pond Life

2019 · 100 min · Director: Bill Buckhurst, Bill Buckhurst ★ IMDb 6 · 514 ratings

Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)

A group of young friends and neighbours come together for a fishing expedition after rumours spread of a giant carp in the area. In a world of broken families, cassette tapes and rumbling political fever, these friends, each with their own struggles to bear, share a moment of harmony.

Ask Kadri

Trailer for Pond Life

Playing the trailer connects to YouTube. No connection is made until you choose to play.

Rate how it felt
Working…

Your viewing check-in

Emotional fingerprint

Pond Life (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Nostalgia 30%, Empathy 25%, Hope 25%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope25%

AI estimate · no viewer votes yet

How we measure

AI estimate

Share of emotional signal, not the percentage of people or a probability of enjoyment.

Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Nostalgia, Empathy, Hope. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Nostalgia, Empathy and Hope. Its IMDb rating of 6.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.

How did it make you feel?

Votes are saved to the fingerprint once you’re signed in.

Pick up to three · 0/3

1
2
3

Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Melancholy
  • Empathy
  • Joy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Melancholy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Melancholy
Empathy
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.
Ending hidden

Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 23 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityMelancholyEmpathyJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Melancholy48 %33 %17 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor51 %19 %15 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor48 %14 %19 %23 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Melancholy44 %20 %30 %22 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Joy43 %18 %35 %27 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor45 %19 %36 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Empathy51 %37 %46 %16 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Melancholy57 %50 %52 %13 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Melancholy57 %46 %53 %14 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Empathy56 %37 %55 %19 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Empathy55 %31 %51 %18 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Tension55 %31 %45 %14 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Humor50 %26 %38 %22 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Humor48 %22 %34 %31 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Humor56 %31 %44 %27 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Tension68 %36 %51 %20 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension74 %24 %45 %36 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Joy78 %28 %49 %56 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Melancholy73 %51 %52 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Melancholy62 %60 %40 %18 %
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.

AI reading of the film’s English subtitles (dialogue and sound cues) — not viewer votes. How we measure ↗

Kadri — your film companion

AI

Ask anything about Pond Life. From the film’s own dialogue and FeelDB data, at your spoiler level.

Kadri

Hi, I’m Kadri. Ask me anything about Pond Life — I’ll stay inside your spoiler line.

Premise only
Enter to send · Shift + Enter for a new line
Afterward Reveal viewer responses · may contain spoilers

Viewer responses about feelings after the title ended, separate from feelings while watching. No AI estimates.

0 responses so far

Feeling details appear after at least 3 viewers respond, to protect privacy.

Cast

TV
Tom Varey

AI
Angus Imrie

AI
Angus Imrie

Malcolm

GG
Gianlucca Galluci

EW
Ethan Wilkie

EW
Ethan Wilkie

Dave

AL
Abraham Lewis

AL
Abraham Lewis

Maurice

SD
Shaun Dooley

Shaun Dooley

Russ Buckfield

SL
Sally Lindsay

SB
Sian Brooke

SB
Sian Brooke

Rachel Strickland

AH
Adrian Hood

Billy 'Big Daddy' Gomersal

Siobhan Finneran

Kath Edlington

JH
Julie Hesmondhalgh

Muirel Panks

SG
Steve Garti

Kenny 'Little Guy' Yates

PR
Paul Rider

Harry Ellis

FM
Faye McKeever

Tracey Collett

JR
Jacob Rotherforth

Dean Collett

FH
Fraser Horn

Gang Leader

AS
Aaron Stannage

Biker

KL
Keziah Lockwood

Kelly

Details

Directed by
Bill Buckhurst, Bill Buckhurst
Written by
Richard Cameron
Type
Movies
Released
2019
Runtime
100 min
Country
United Kingdom
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6 · 514 ratings
Feels mostly
Nostalgia
Data updated

Where to watch

Data: JustWatch · Wikidata

Feels similar

More like this →

Emotion overlap shows mood similarity, not a prediction of enjoyment.