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RocketMan

1997 · 95 min · Director: Stuart Gillard ★ IMDb 5.9 · 11,319 ratings

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An accident-prone and obnoxious geek joins a NASA space mission to Mars. During the flight, he manages to put himself and the entire crew in jeopardy, but is in danger of emerging as a hero when his new colleagues need him to save them from the unforgiving surface of the red planet.

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RocketMan (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Excitement 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor30%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Tension. Genres: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 5.9/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 61/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Relief

Humor
Tension
Relief
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 rises around 73 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension52 %38 %38 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor53 %48 %30 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor56 %55 %23 %0 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor59 %59 %18 %0 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor61 %61 %16 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor63 %61 %19 %11 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor61 %56 %23 %20 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor63 %56 %24 %16 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Humor64 %58 %16 %5 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Love61 %54 %11 %0 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Humor60 %55 %20 %3 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Humor64 %55 %36 %19 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Relief68 %54 %44 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Humor65 %59 %39 %14 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Humor69 %55 %49 %0 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Tension80 %45 %73 %13 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension86 %45 %83 %45 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Relief83 %45 %65 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Love73 %43 %35 %43 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Cinderella

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

HW
Harland Williams

Harland Williams

Fred Z. Randall

JL
Jessica Lundy

JL
Jessica Lundy

Julie Ford

Jeffrey DeMunn

Paul Wick

JP
James Pickens Jr.

James Pickens Jr.

Ben Stevens

Beau Bridges

Bud Nesbitt

PO
Peter Onorati

PO
Peter Onorati

Gary Hackman

DL
Don Lake

Don Lake

Le Chirurgien du Vol

BJ
Bill Jenkins

KF
Ken Farmer

BB
Blake Boyd

Gordon A. Peacock

PW
Paxton Whitehead

British Reporter

ST
Sean Tweedley

NASA Lab Tech

CH
Cindy Hogan

Reporter

LP
Lidia Porto

Gary's Nurse

RD
Richard Dillard

The President

GG
Gil Glasgow

Bartender

Shelley Duvall

Mrs. Randall (uncredited)

Gailard Sartain

Mr. Randall (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Stuart Gillard
Written by
Greg Erb, Craig Mazin, Oren Aviv, Oren Aviv
Type
Movies
Released
1997
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.9 · 11,319 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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