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Moving Violations

1985 · 90 min · Director: Neal Israel ★ IMDb 5.8 · 4,827 ratings

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A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean. Mistreated by inept and cruel police instructors, a smart-alecky teen leads the group in revenge against their tormentors.

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Moving Violations (1985) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 40%, Joy 25%, Excitement 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

40%Humor
25%Joy
  1. Humor40%
  2. Joy25%
  3. Anger10%
  4. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Joy, Excitement. Genres: Comedy. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Joy and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 5.8/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 61/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Excitement
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Relief

Humor
Excitement
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 83 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorExcitementTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor45 %45 %17 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor49 %48 %19 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor50 %48 %18 %20 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor51 %50 %13 %24 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor54 %54 %9 %26 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor56 %56 %9 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Humor56 %56 %11 %20 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Humor56 %56 %15 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Humor59 %57 %24 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Humor59 %55 %35 %35 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Humor61 %50 %44 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Tension65 %46 %45 %54 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Humor61 %49 %35 %46 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Humor59 %53 %28 %33 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Humor61 %54 %31 %38 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Humor65 %59 %42 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Excitement69 %59 %57 %56 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Excitement69 %53 %58 %55 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Relief56 %39 %40 %31 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Excitement38 %20 %28 %10 %
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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

JM
John Murray

JM
John Murray

Dana Cannon

Jennifer Tilly

Amy Hopkins

BB
Brian Backer

Scott Greeber

Ned Eisenberg

Wink Barnes

CP
Clara Peller

Emma Jean

WJ
Wendie Jo Sperber

Joan Pudillo

NV
Nedra Volz

Mrs. Loretta Houk

Fred Willard

Terrence "Doc" Williams

LH
Lisa Hart Carroll

Deputy Virginia Morris

NV
Nadine Van der Velde

Stephanie McCarty

BM
Ben Mittleman

Spencer Popadophalos

VC
Victor Campos

Raoul Bienveneda

Willard E. Pugh

Jeff Roth

Sally Kellerman

Judge Nedra Henderson

JA
Joe Alfasa

Jim

EA
Elizabeth Arlen

Concerned Passerby

BB
Billy Beck

Grandfather

CB
Chuck Bergansky

Hood

AB
Anne Betancourt

Elena

Details

Directed by
Neal Israel
Written by
Neal Israel, Pat Proft, Paul Boorstin, Sharon Boorstin
Type
Movies
Released
1985
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.8 · 4,827 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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