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Happiness for Beginners

2023 · 103 min · Director: Vicky Wight ★ IMDb 6.1 · 23,078 ratings

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At a crossroads after her divorce, a schoolteacher ventures toward a fresh start in life — and love — when she signs up for a grueling group hiking trip.

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Happiness for Beginners (2023) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Hope 30%, Love 25%, Humor 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Hope
25%Love
18%Humor
  1. Hope30%
  2. Love25%
  3. Humor18%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Hope, Love, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Hope, Love and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 62/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Joy
  • Empathy
  • Humor

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Joy
Empathy
Humor
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 3 %, then dips around 28 %, then peaks around 63 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityJoyEmpathyHumor
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor40 %12 %27 %30 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness44 %16 %29 %32 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor43 %19 %23 %36 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor39 %15 %18 %35 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor38 %15 %16 %34 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor38 %20 %19 %35 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor38 %23 %25 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Humor40 %26 %25 %34 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Joy45 %26 %28 %30 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Sadness46 %18 %31 %25 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Humor50 %13 %31 %26 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Tension64 %9 %46 %19 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Sadness69 %6 %59 %10 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Empathy61 %19 %50 %16 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Joy61 %33 %49 %24 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Empathy68 %38 %51 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Joy66 %45 %38 %28 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Joy60 %49 %30 %30 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Joy53 %41 %29 %24 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Sadness43 %28 %22 %15 %
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

EK
Ellie Kemper

Ellie Kemper

Helen Carpenter

LG
Luke Grimes

NS
Nico Santos

NS
Nico Santos

Hugh

BC
Ben Cook

SW
Shayvawn Webster

JS
Julia Shiplett

GB
Gus Birney

GB
Gus Birney

Kaylee

AR
Aaron Roman Weiner

Mike

MN
Mary Neely

Lulu

JB
Joel Blum

Ricky

AS
Asher Shovilin

Nathan

Details

Directed by
Vicky Wight
Written by
Vicky Wight, Katherine Center
Type
Movies
Released
2023
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 23,078 ratings
Feels mostly
Hope
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