feeldb

Breakfast of Champions

1999 · 110 min · Director: Alan Rudolph ★ IMDb 4.6 · 8,846 ratings

Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)

A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one day, he wakes up and realizes that his life is a total mess! But between the headaches posed by his pill-popping wife, a mistress who won't leave him alone, and a cross-dressing sales manager, Dwayne has picked a bad week for a midlife crisis.

Ask Kadri

Trailer for Breakfast of Champions

Playing the trailer connects to YouTube. No connection is made until you choose to play.

Rate how it felt
Working…

Your viewing check-in

Emotional fingerprint

Breakfast of Champions (1999) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Confusion 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor30%

AI estimate · no viewer votes yet

How we measure

AI estimate

Share of emotional signal, not the percentage of people or a probability of enjoyment.

Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

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

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Confusion and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 4.6/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 55/100.

How did it make you feel?

Votes are saved to the fingerprint once you’re signed in.

Pick up to three · 0/3

1
2
3

Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Humor
  • Confusion
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Confusion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Humor
Confusion
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
Ending hidden

Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorConfusionTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Confusion45 %35 %38 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor46 %39 %34 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor49 %46 %29 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Humor50 %48 %30 %24 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Humor50 %41 %34 %34 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Humor51 %40 %34 %38 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Humor53 %46 %30 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Humor53 %48 %30 %30 %
42.5 %≈ 47′Humor53 %41 %35 %32 %
47.5 %≈ 52′Humor55 %34 %36 %39 %
52.5 %≈ 58′Sadness55 %31 %34 %39 %
57.5 %≈ 63′Humor50 %40 %30 %28 %
62.5 %≈ 69′Humor51 %48 %30 %26 %
67.5 %≈ 74′Humor53 %45 %33 %30 %
72.5 %≈ 80′Humor51 %40 %35 %28 %
77.5 %≈ 85′Confusion63 %34 %41 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 91′Tension75 %26 %41 %64 %
87.5 %≈ 96′Sadness73 %19 %31 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 102′Love67 %15 %22 %23 %
97.5 %≈ 107′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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.

AI reading of the film’s English subtitles (dialogue and sound cues) — not viewer votes. How we measure ↗

Kadri — your film companion

AI

Ask anything about Breakfast of Champions. From the film’s own dialogue and FeelDB data, at your spoiler level.

Kadri

Hi, I’m Kadri. Ask me anything about Breakfast of Champions — I’ll stay inside your spoiler line.

Premise only
Enter to send · Shift + Enter for a new line
Afterward Reveal viewer responses · may contain spoilers

Viewer responses about feelings after the title ended, separate from feelings while watching. No AI estimates.

0 responses so far

Feeling details appear after at least 3 viewers respond, to protect privacy.

Cast

Albert Finney

Kilgore Trout

Nick Nolte

Harry Le Sabre

Lukas Haas

George 'Bunny' Hoover

VL
Vicki Lewis

Vicki Lewis

Grace Le Sabre

KH
Ken Hudson Campbell

Ken Hudson Campbell

Eliot Rosewater / Gilbert

JJ
Jake Johannsen

Bill Bailey

Will Patton

Moe The Truck Driver

CZ
Chip Zien

Andy Wojeckowzski

Owen Wilson

Monte Rapid

AE
Alison Eastwood

Maria Maritimo

Shawnee Smith

Bonnie MacMahon

KJ
Keith Joe Dick

Vernon Garr

DW
Diane Willson Dick

Rosemary Garr

Details

Directed by
Alan Rudolph
Written by
Alan Rudolph, Kurt Vonnegut
Type
Movies
Released
1999
Runtime
110 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.6 · 8,846 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
Data updated

Where to watch

Also on

Availability varies by country

Data: JustWatch · Wikidata

Feels similar

More like this →

Emotion overlap shows mood similarity, not a prediction of enjoyment.