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The Breaker Upperers

2018 · 82 min · Director: Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek, Jackie van Beek, Madeleine Sami ★ IMDb 5.9 · 7,357 ratings

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Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.

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The Breaker Upperers (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
  1. Humor35%
  2. Love15%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Comedy. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 5.9/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 61/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Joy

Humor
Empathy
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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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then peaks around 28 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor63 %63 %17 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Humor63 %63 %13 %10 %
12.5 %≈ 10′Humor63 %63 %11 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 14′Humor63 %63 %13 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 18′Humor66 %65 %14 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Humor70 %66 %21 %15 %
32.5 %≈ 27′Humor66 %60 %27 %21 %
37.5 %≈ 31′Humor61 %53 %29 %23 %
42.5 %≈ 35′Humor61 %50 %35 %25 %
47.5 %≈ 39′Humor64 %51 %39 %26 %
52.5 %≈ 43′Humor68 %49 %43 %33 %
57.5 %≈ 47′Tension69 %43 %51 %44 %
62.5 %≈ 51′Humor65 %40 %55 %46 %
67.5 %≈ 55′Empathy64 %40 %55 %44 %
72.5 %≈ 59′Humor65 %46 %48 %35 %
77.5 %≈ 64′Humor64 %55 %35 %20 %
82.5 %≈ 68′Humor65 %60 %34 %10 %
87.5 %≈ 72′Humor69 %61 %39 %8 %
92.5 %≈ 76′Joy57 %46 %31 %9 %
97.5 %≈ 80′Joy38 %27 %18 %12 %
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.

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Cast

Jv
Jackie van Beek

Jv
Jackie van Beek

Jen

MS
Madeleine Sami

CP
Celia Pacquola

AS
Ana Scotney

CB
Carl Bland

BO
Brett O’Gorman

CH
Cohen Holloway

RT
Rima Te Wiata

AD
Angella Dravid

Jemaine Clement

Tinder Date

NS
Nic Sampson

Jeff Wald

RL
Ryan Lampp

Brendan

KO
Karen O'Leary

Police Officer

RM
Rose Matafeo

Check Out Chick

ST
Stacey Te Hau

Jordan's Mum

TK
Troy Kingi

Coach

TA
Tekeepa Aria

Sepa's Crew

AP
Amanaki Prescott-Faletau

Sepa's Crew

ML
Moe Laga

Sepa's Crew

Details

Directed by
Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek, Jackie van Beek, Madeleine Sami
Written by
Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek, Jackie van Beek, Madeleine Sami
Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
82 min
Country
New Zealand
Genres
Comedy
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.9 · 7,357 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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