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Boys Don't Cry

2000 · 100 min · Director: Olaf Lubaszenko ★ IMDb 7.6 · 8,235 ratings

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A young aspiring violinist unwittingly becomes involved with a criminal gang.

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Boys Don't Cry (2000) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 32%, Excitement 25%, Confusion 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor32%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Confusion. Genres: Comedy, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Sympathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

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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 78 %, then dips around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionSympathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor42 %37 %23 %30 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor45 %41 %24 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor48 %46 %18 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor49 %48 %18 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor50 %48 %25 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor48 %46 %24 %31 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor51 %46 %31 %30 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Tension63 %43 %53 %30 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension63 %30 %56 %36 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Sympathy56 %30 %45 %38 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Humor57 %48 %34 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Humor56 %53 %23 %21 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Humor51 %39 %25 %32 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Sympathy56 %30 %45 %43 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension66 %35 %63 %36 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Tension72 %40 %70 %31 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension71 %40 %65 %31 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Relief61 %40 %38 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Relief55 %38 %12 %17 %
97.5 %≈ 98′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.

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Cast

Maciej Stuhr

Jakub Brenner

CP
Cezary Pazura

Fred

MM
Michał Milowicz

MZ
Mirosław Zbrojewicz

MZ
Mirosław Zbrojewicz

Andrzej 'Grucha'

MA
Monika Ambroziak

MM
Magdalena Mazur

AM
Anna Mucha

AM
Anna Mucha

Lili

WK
Wojciech Klata

MC
Mariusz Czajka

PD
Paweł Deląg

PD
Paweł Deląg

Jarek Psikuta

TB
Tomasz Bajer

'Laska'

AZ
Andrzej Zieliński

'Silnoręki'

AŁ
Asja Łamtiugina

Kuba's Professor

EL
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko

Rector Rudolf

MB
Miroslaw Baka

'Cichy'

KD
Krzysztof Dmoszyński

Krzyś

JK
Jerzy Kolasa

Jerzyk, Traffic Policeman

KK
Krzysztof Kosedowski

'Siwy Cwaniak'

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Andrzej Mleczko

Guest in the Bar

Leon Niemczyk

'Król Sedesów'

Details

Directed by
Olaf Lubaszenko
Written by
Mikołaj Korzyński
Type
Movies
Released
2000
Runtime
100 min
Country
Poland
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 8,235 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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