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V.I. Warshawski

1991 · 89 min · Director: Jeff Kanew ★ IMDb 5 · 5,837 ratings

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Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's daughter, Kat, and together they set out to crack the case.

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V.I. Warshawski (1991) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Curiosity 30%, Humor 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor25%

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The strongest emotional signals are Curiosity, Humor, Excitement. Genres: Mystery, Crime. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Tension
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Curiosity
Tension
Humor
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 rises around 63 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityTensionHumor
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor47 %27 %8 %47 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor53 %21 %9 %53 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor55 %18 %11 %55 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor57 %20 %14 %57 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor64 %31 %26 %49 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Sadness71 %46 %39 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Sadness71 %54 %35 %15 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Curiosity66 %54 %40 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Tension66 %49 %56 %44 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Tension63 %45 %55 %45 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Humor56 %49 %40 %46 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Curiosity59 %57 %30 %51 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Curiosity68 %57 %39 %49 %
67.5 %≈ 60′Tension75 %45 %61 %46 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension75 %44 %70 %44 %
77.5 %≈ 69′Curiosity71 %60 %61 %29 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Curiosity75 %66 %61 %15 %
87.5 %≈ 78′Tension85 %53 %79 %16 %
92.5 %≈ 82′Tension84 %31 %70 %29 %
97.5 %≈ 87′Relief73 %15 %37 %42 %
Oedipus

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

Jay O. Sanders

Murray Ryerson

Charles Durning

Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory

AG
Angela Goethals

AG
Angela Goethals

Kat Grafalk, Bernard's Daughter

NP
Nancy Paul

NP
Nancy Paul

Paige Wilson Grafalk

FC
Frederick Coffin

FC
Frederick Coffin

Horton

CM
Charles McCaughan

CM
Charles McCaughan

Trumble

SM
Stephen Meadows

Wayne Knight

Smeissen

LG
Lynnie Godfrey

AP
Anne Pitoniak

Lotty

Stephen Root

Mickey

RC
Robert Clotworthy

Philip Pugh

TA
Tom Allard

Big Eddie

LA
Lee Arenberg

Flesh

MB
Mike Bacarella

Cabbie

ES
Everett Smith

McGraw

HM
Herb Muller

Contreras

Details

Directed by
Jeff Kanew
Written by
Nick Thiel, David Aaron Cohen, Edward Taylor, Sara Paretsky
Type
Movies
Released
1991
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Mystery, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 5 · 5,837 ratings
Feels mostly
Curiosity
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