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Poolman

2024 · 100 min · Director: Chris Pine, Chris Pine ★ IMDb 4 · 3,451 ratings

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Darren Barrenman, an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno, spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live.

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Poolman (2024) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Curiosity 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
20%Love
  1. Humor35%
  2. Love20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Curiosity, Love. Genres: Comedy, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Curiosity and Love. Its IMDb rating of 4.0/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 56/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Curiosity
  • Humor
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Curiosity
Humor
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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 33 %, then peaks around 78 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityHumorTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Joy38 %10 %22 %5 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor36 %11 %30 %10 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor36 %16 %35 %16 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor40 %28 %34 %23 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Curiosity41 %38 %31 %21 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Curiosity36 %36 %30 %14 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor34 %34 %29 %11 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Curiosity39 %38 %29 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Curiosity45 %39 %32 %32 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Humor50 %34 %31 %32 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Sadness50 %30 %24 %25 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Sadness45 %34 %25 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Humor43 %38 %33 %26 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Curiosity48 %38 %29 %34 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Sadness59 %41 %21 %53 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Tension65 %49 %25 %63 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension64 %49 %32 %60 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Tension61 %34 %31 %44 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Joy51 %14 %20 %16 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Joy37 %3 %10 %2 %
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

Chris Pine

Darren Barrenman

Annette Bening

Diane Espilnade

Stephen Tobolowsky

Stephen Toronkowski / Blanche

John Ortiz

Wayne / Dirk Pfumpter

Ray Wise

William Van Patterson

JM
Juliet Mills

JM
Juliet Mills

Mrs. Patterson

AJ
Aflamu Johnson

Bailiff Reggie

AH
Armie Hicks Jr.

Harroldston McCoy

HW
Hollis W. Chambers

Cosmo McCoy

CC
Christopher Chen

Councilman Jang

LS
Laurent Schwaar

Pierre The Frenchy

MD
Michael Dunn

Tom The Waiter

Robert Pine

The Lizard

LS
Lakshmi Singh

Herself

WG
Will Greenberg

Secretary

DD
Drew Droege

Rose

Details

Directed by
Chris Pine, Chris Pine
Written by
Chris Pine, Ian Gotler, Chris Pine
Type
Movies
Released
2024
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 4 · 3,451 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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