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Girls Just Want to Have Fun

1985 · 87 min · Director: Alan Metter ★ IMDb 6 · 12,976 ratings

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Janey is new in town. She soon meets Lynne, a classmate who shares her passion for the local show 'Dance TV'. When a competition is announced to find new Dance TV performers, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.

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Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Excitement 25%, Smile 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
25%Excitement
20%Smile
  1. Humor30%
  2. Excitement25%
  3. Smile20%
  4. Love15%
  5. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Smile. Genres: Comedy, Romance, Family. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Smile. Its IMDb rating of 6.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 61/100.

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  • Joy
  • Excitement
  • Humor

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Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Joy
Excitement
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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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityJoyExcitementHumor
2.5 %≈ 2′Joy37 %26 %29 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Excitement42 %29 %31 %35 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor47 %27 %27 %43 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Humor51 %29 %31 %48 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor54 %36 %41 %49 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Excitement51 %32 %37 %45 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Humor46 %21 %23 %42 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Humor44 %18 %18 %42 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Humor48 %26 %26 %46 %
47.5 %≈ 41′Humor54 %38 %40 %51 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Humor57 %38 %42 %54 %
57.5 %≈ 50′Humor59 %37 %39 %49 %
62.5 %≈ 54′Joy62 %49 %41 %38 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Joy64 %43 %33 %27 %
72.5 %≈ 63′Tension63 %21 %23 %21 %
77.5 %≈ 67′Tension62 %22 %37 %28 %
82.5 %≈ 72′Excitement65 %35 %57 %31 %
87.5 %≈ 76′Excitement70 %48 %67 %22 %
92.5 %≈ 80′Excitement78 %65 %70 %26 %
97.5 %≈ 85′Joy81 %74 %65 %37 %
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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

Sarah Jessica Parker

Helen Hunt

Shannen Doherty

LM
Lee Montgomery

MW
Morgan Woodward

Jonathan Silverman

EL
Ed Lauter

Ed Lauter

Colonel Glenn

HG
Holly Gagnier

BY
Biff Yeager

BY
Biff Yeager

Mr. Malene

KS
Kristi Somers

RB
Richard Blade

The DTV Host

CD
Candice Daly

Girl in Hallway

LG
Larry Gelman

Tailor

SF
Stuart Fratkin

Sam

MC
Mark Caso

Wolf

IG
Ian Giatti

Zach

MH
Margaret Howell

Mrs. Glenn

TM
Terence McGovern

Ira

LA
Lee Arnone

Mrs. Lemsky

SB
Shaun Bryant

Dave

Details

Directed by
Alan Metter
Written by
Amy Spies
Type
Movies
Released
1985
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6 · 12,976 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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