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Three Dollars

2005 · 118 min · Director: Robert Connolly ★ IMDb 6.1 · 764 ratings

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Eddie is a principled man, with a wife, a daughter and a mortgage and leads a seemingly stable and happy life as a government land assessor. Yet when the forces of economic and social change threaten this, he realises just how fragile his reality and security is. After losing his job, he checks his bank balance and finds he has only 'three dollars' to his name.

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Emotional fingerprint

Three Dollars (2005) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Empathy
Sadness
Tension
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 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor27 %12 %8 %16 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor30 %14 %9 %19 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Love34 %18 %13 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Love40 %24 %17 %27 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Tension46 %28 %19 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Humor46 %30 %21 %29 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Love49 %39 %29 %31 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Love63 %54 %40 %47 %
42.5 %≈ 50′Tension70 %59 %42 %59 %
47.5 %≈ 56′Love64 %54 %43 %47 %
52.5 %≈ 62′Sadness64 %55 %46 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 68′Tension67 %57 %43 %52 %
62.5 %≈ 74′Empathy68 %60 %46 %61 %
67.5 %≈ 80′Empathy65 %60 %48 %55 %
72.5 %≈ 86′Empathy63 %59 %48 %44 %
77.5 %≈ 91′Sadness70 %67 %57 %43 %
82.5 %≈ 97′Empathy77 %72 %60 %53 %
87.5 %≈ 103′Tension82 %74 %57 %62 %
92.5 %≈ 109′Empathy69 %56 %51 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 115′Sadness50 %29 %42 %16 %
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

David Wenham

Eddie Harnovey

SW
Sarah Wynter

SW
Sarah Wynter

Amanda

DR
David Roberts

DR
David Roberts

Gerard

JH
Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik

NB
Nico Billeam

CB
Christopher Bunworth

CB
Christopher Bunworth

Chamberlain

NN
Nicole Nabout

PG
Phillip Griffiths

CP
Casey Petersen

PJ
Phil Jones

Mr Claremont

HF
Helen Fletcher

Amanda's Mother

KO
Kieron O'Leary

Young Eddie's Father

JB
Julia Blake

Tanya's Mother

JF
John Flaus

Old Man Williamson

EB
Elspeth Ballantyne

Eddie's Mother

JA
Jim Alexander

Eddie's Father

RM
Robert Menzies

Nick

JK
Jackie Kelleher

Aspirin Lady

JF
Julie Forsyth

Tailor

Details

Directed by
Robert Connolly
Written by
Robert Connolly, Elliot Perlman
Type
Movies
Released
2005
Runtime
118 min
Country
Australia
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 764 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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