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Bad Timing

1980 · 123 min · Director: Nicolas Roeg ★ IMDb 6.9 · 10,500 ratings

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Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their friendship quickly turns into a deeply passionate love affair that threatens to overtake them both. When Milena ends up in the hospital from an overdose, Alex is taken into custody by Inspector Netusil.

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Bad Timing (1980) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 30%, Anxiety 25%, Confusion 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Anxiety, Confusion. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Anxiety and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Sadness
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 28 %, then rises around 63 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension60 %56 %26 %30 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Curiosity58 %47 %24 %24 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Love57 %42 %24 %29 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Disturbing56 %47 %26 %37 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Tension50 %44 %31 %27 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Sadness47 %38 %34 %20 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity50 %45 %28 %22 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Tension51 %48 %24 %22 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Curiosity56 %51 %30 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Tension60 %50 %36 %34 %
52.5 %≈ 65′Love52 %38 %29 %21 %
57.5 %≈ 71′Tension53 %43 %31 %21 %
62.5 %≈ 77′Tension64 %61 %44 %42 %
67.5 %≈ 83′Tension75 %72 %55 %60 %
72.5 %≈ 89′Tension81 %78 %64 %69 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Tension82 %79 %62 %69 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Tension82 %79 %55 %71 %
87.5 %≈ 108′Tension84 %80 %53 %76 %
92.5 %≈ 114′Disturbing79 %68 %55 %72 %
97.5 %≈ 120′Sadness69 %48 %55 %58 %
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

Theresa Russell

Milena Flaherty

DG
Dana Gillespie

William Hootkins

Col. Taylor

EL
Eugene Lipinski

Eugene Lipinski

Hospital Policeman

GR
George Roubicek

SG
Stefan Gryff

SG
Stefan Gryff

Policeman #2

SD
Sevilla Delofski

Czech Receptionist

RW
Robert Walker

Konrad

GK
Gertan Klauber

Ambulance Man

AM
Ania Marson

Dr. Schneider

Lv
Lex van Delden

Young Doctor

RB
Rudolf Bissegger

Giovanni

HC
Hans Christian

Czech Consul

EF
Ellan Fartt

Ulla

FG
Fritz Goblirsch

Drunk Man

NL
Nino LaRocca

Arab in Truck

Details

Directed by
Nicolas Roeg
Written by
Yale Udoff
Type
Movies
Released
1980
Runtime
123 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 10,500 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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