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Blithe Spirit

1945 · 96 min · Director: David Lean ★ IMDb 7 · 9,536 ratings

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A harmless séance at a novelist's home summons the ghost of his glamorous first wife.

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Blithe Spirit (1945) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Surprise 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
20%Fear
  1. Humor30%
  2. Fear20%
  3. Love15%
  4. Joy10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Surprise, Fear. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Surprise and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 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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  • Humor
  • Curiosity
  • Surprise

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Surprise

Dominant emotion: Relief

Humor
Curiosity
Surprise
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 peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorCuriositySurprise
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor37 %33 %28 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor42 %40 %30 %1 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor49 %47 %39 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Curiosity55 %48 %52 %28 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Curiosity60 %47 %58 %46 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Surprise61 %50 %56 %49 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor54 %50 %43 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor49 %48 %26 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Humor50 %47 %23 %15 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Humor56 %52 %32 %31 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Humor60 %57 %35 %25 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Humor58 %53 %35 %15 %
62.5 %≈ 60′Curiosity59 %43 %40 %27 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Surprise62 %42 %37 %37 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Humor62 %52 %33 %27 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Humor64 %63 %38 %23 %
82.5 %≈ 79′Humor65 %64 %45 %30 %
87.5 %≈ 84′Humor64 %57 %49 %35 %
92.5 %≈ 89′Relief62 %50 %45 %32 %
97.5 %≈ 94′Humor55 %45 %38 %24 %
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

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Constance Cummings

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Kay Hammond

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Hugh Wakefield

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Joyce Carey

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Jacqueline Clarke

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Marie Ault

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Johnnie Schofield

Details

Directed by
David Lean
Written by
Noël Coward, Ronald Neame, David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan
Type
Movies
Released
1945
Runtime
96 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 7 · 9,536 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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