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Grey Gardens

1976 · 95 min · Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer, Ellen Giffard ★ IMDb 7.5 · 17,168 ratings

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Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.

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Emotional fingerprint

Grey Gardens (1976) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Empathy 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor30%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Melancholy. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Melancholy
  • Sympathy
  • Nostalgia

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Melancholy

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Melancholy
Sympathy
Nostalgia
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 intensityMelancholySympathyNostalgia
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor38 %18 %20 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Melancholy43 %29 %28 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Nostalgia45 %28 %26 %35 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Nostalgia45 %21 %24 %36 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension44 %18 %25 %23 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor43 %20 %29 %15 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Sympathy44 %30 %36 %23 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Sympathy48 %34 %40 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Tension54 %35 %43 %28 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Sympathy53 %34 %39 %30 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Humor43 %26 %29 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Humor42 %25 %31 %14 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Sympathy44 %29 %35 %20 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Nostalgia44 %27 %28 %27 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Humor46 %24 %25 %28 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Nostalgia44 %25 %27 %30 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Nostalgia43 %28 %28 %29 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Tension49 %30 %32 %25 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Sympathy56 %41 %44 %26 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Melancholy61 %55 %53 %27 %
Oedipus

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

EB
Edith Bouvier Beale

EE
Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale

BH
Brooks Hyers

NV
Norman Vincent Peale

JH
Jack Helmuth

AM
Albert Maysles

DM
David Maysles

JT
Jerry Torre

LW
Lois Wright

Details

Directed by
Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer, Ellen Giffard
Type
Movies
Released
1976
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 17,168 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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