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Family Life

1971 · 108 min · Director: Ken Loach ★ IMDb 7.5 · 2,408 ratings

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A young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull working-class life and consider their daughter to be “misbehaving” whenever she’s trying to find her own way in life.

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Emotional fingerprint

Family Life (1971) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Guilt15%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 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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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Empathy
Sadness
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy32 %32 %17 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Empathy45 %44 %29 %35 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Empathy53 %49 %38 %41 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Sadness53 %48 %41 %39 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Empathy63 %57 %49 %51 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Tension64 %60 %46 %54 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Empathy56 %55 %40 %39 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Empathy57 %57 %41 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Empathy63 %60 %44 %51 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Disturbing60 %54 %40 %53 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Empathy53 %45 %31 %46 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Tension56 %48 %32 %54 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Tension64 %56 %43 %63 %
67.5 %≈ 73′Empathy66 %63 %51 %59 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Empathy66 %63 %51 %53 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Empathy69 %64 %50 %56 %
82.5 %≈ 89′Empathy77 %71 %58 %69 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Tension84 %76 %68 %73 %
92.5 %≈ 100′Sadness87 %80 %77 %68 %
97.5 %≈ 105′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

SR
Sandy Ratcliff

BD
Bill Dean

BD
Bill Dean

Mr. Baildon

GC
Grace Cave

MR
Michael Riddall

MT
Malcolm Tierney

HM
Hilary Martin

AM
Alan MacNaughtan

AM
Alan MacNaughtan

Dr. Caswell

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Johnny Gee

BA
Bernard Atha

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Edwin Brown

FC
Freddie Clemson

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Alec Coleman

JC
Jack Connell

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Ellis Dale

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Terry Duggan

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Muriel Hunt

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Ann Penfold

Details

Directed by
Ken Loach
Written by
David Mercer
Type
Movies
Released
1971
Runtime
108 min
Country
United Kingdom
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 2,408 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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