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A Taste of Honey

1961 · 100 min · Director: Tony Richardson ★ IMDb 7.4 · 7,090 ratings

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While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.

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A Taste of Honey (1961) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love15%
  2. Hope10%

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Sadness
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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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 43 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy42 %35 %22 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor45 %35 %24 %4 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Empathy45 %40 %30 %9 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Empathy44 %36 %24 %24 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Love50 %30 %13 %44 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Love51 %31 %14 %43 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor51 %40 %28 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Empathy63 %55 %48 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Love69 %63 %57 %44 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Empathy57 %54 %44 %32 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Empathy46 %44 %23 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Empathy53 %51 %23 %31 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Empathy59 %59 %31 %38 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Empathy59 %59 %34 %43 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Love66 %64 %43 %42 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Tension73 %68 %51 %32 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Empathy71 %69 %53 %40 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Empathy73 %73 %59 %48 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Sadness75 %75 %67 %35 %
97.5 %≈ 98′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

PD
Paul Danquah

RS
Robert Stephens

Peter Smith

MB
Michael Bilton

MB
Michael Bilton

Landlord

EB
Eunice Black

DB
David Boliver

MC
Margo Cunningham

MC
Margo Cunningham

Landlady

RW
Rosalie Williams

VH
Veronica Howard

Gladys

MK
Moira Kaye

Doris

Peter Sallis

Man (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Tony Richardson
Written by
Tony Richardson, Shelagh Delaney
Type
Movies
Released
1961
Runtime
100 min
Country
United Kingdom
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 7,090 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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