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Blue Hawaii

1961 · 102 min · Director: Norman Taurog ★ IMDb 6.1 · 8,572 ratings

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Chad Gates has just been discharged from the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies and his girlfriend.

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Blue Hawaii (1961) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Happiness 30%, Humor 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Humor
20%Love
  1. Humor25%
  2. Love20%
  3. Smile15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Happiness, Humor, Love. Genres: Comedy, Romance, Music. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Happiness, Humor and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 63/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Joy
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Humor
Joy
Love
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 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorJoyLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Joy37 %23 %28 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Joy45 %30 %40 %34 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Joy50 %40 %45 %35 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor48 %44 %35 %24 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor44 %35 %23 %21 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Love43 %24 %20 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Love40 %24 %23 %30 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Humor39 %34 %23 %19 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Humor41 %41 %23 %10 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Humor41 %41 %19 %8 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Humor43 %43 %21 %8 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Humor46 %46 %29 %8 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Humor49 %45 %21 %6 %
67.5 %≈ 69′Tension49 %40 %14 %8 %
72.5 %≈ 74′Humor44 %36 %19 %14 %
77.5 %≈ 79′Humor46 %35 %18 %18 %
82.5 %≈ 84′Tension58 %31 %11 %18 %
87.5 %≈ 89′Empathy61 %28 %23 %19 %
92.5 %≈ 94′Joy60 %30 %42 %22 %
97.5 %≈ 99′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

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

JB
Joan Blackman

Angela Lansbury

Sarah Lee Gates

NW
Nancy Walters

RW
Roland Winters

HM
Howard McNear

HM
Howard McNear

Mr. Chapman

CK
Christian Kay

HH
Hilo Hattie

Waihila

JM
Jenny Maxwell

Ellie Corbett

PA
Pamela Austin

Sandy

DT
Darlene Tompkins

Patsy

LK
Lani Kai

Carl Tanami

JD
Jose De Vega

Ernie Gordon

FA
Frank Atienza

Ito O'Hara

RH
Ralph Hanalei

Ping Pong (as Tiki Hanalei)

GG
Gregory Gaye

Paul Duval (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Norman Taurog
Written by
Hal Kanter, Allan Weiss
Type
Movies
Released
1961
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 8,572 ratings
Feels mostly
Happiness
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