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Husbands

1970 · 131 min · Director: John Cassavetes ★ IMDb 7 · 8,300 ratings

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A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave the country together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be short-lived.

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Husbands (1970) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Humor 25%, Sadness 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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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Humor and Sadness. 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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  • Tension
  • Melancholy
  • Sympathy

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Dominant emotion: Melancholy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Tension
Melancholy
Sympathy
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 13 %, then peaks around 38 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionMelancholySympathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Melancholy53 %15 %53 %38 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Melancholy49 %18 %43 %32 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Humor45 %20 %24 %22 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Humor50 %31 %20 %24 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Tension59 %50 %31 %36 %
27.5 %≈ 36′Tension58 %53 %33 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 43′Tension59 %53 %30 %38 %
37.5 %≈ 49′Disturbing66 %60 %28 %42 %
42.5 %≈ 56′Tension60 %50 %19 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 62′Humor51 %30 %11 %15 %
52.5 %≈ 69′Humor49 %26 %8 %12 %
57.5 %≈ 75′Humor48 %31 %9 %16 %
62.5 %≈ 82′Tension50 %40 %13 %23 %
67.5 %≈ 88′Disturbing56 %49 %19 %32 %
72.5 %≈ 95′Tension61 %54 %31 %41 %
77.5 %≈ 102′Disturbing61 %53 %43 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 108′Melancholy55 %46 %44 %42 %
87.5 %≈ 115′Melancholy51 %41 %41 %39 %
92.5 %≈ 121′Melancholy49 %36 %39 %38 %
97.5 %≈ 128′Sympathy45 %29 %31 %34 %
Icarus

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

Peter Falk

Archie Black

JR
Jenny Runacre

JR
Jenny Runacre

Mary Tynan

JL
Jenny Lee Wright

NK
Noelle Kao

JK
John Kullers

JK
John Kullers

Red

MS
Meta Shaw Stevens

LH
Leola Harlow

DD
Delores Delmar

EZ
Eleanor Zee

Mrs. Hines

CM
Claire Malis

Stuart's Wife

PL
Peggy Lashbrook

Diana Mallabee

EC
Eleanor Cody Gould

Singer

SF
Sarah Felcher

Sarah

AC
Arthur Clark

GV
Gwen Van Dam

Gwen

JA
John Armstrong

"Happy Birthday" Singer

CG
Charles Gaines

AK
Antoinette Kray

"Jesus Loves Me" Singer

Details

Directed by
John Cassavetes
Written by
John Cassavetes
Type
Movies
Released
1970
Runtime
131 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7 · 8,300 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
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