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Rita, Sue and Bob Too

1987 · 94 min · Director: Alan Clarke ★ IMDb 6.6 · 5,453 ratings

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Realistic story of working-class Yorkshire life, alternately serious and light-hearted, as two schoolgirls have a sexual fling with a married man.

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Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
  1. Humor30%

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Humor
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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 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor37 %32 %18 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor44 %36 %25 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Disturbing55 %44 %30 %25 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor57 %48 %29 %29 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor50 %45 %25 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor45 %40 %26 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Tension50 %35 %39 %30 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Empathy55 %31 %46 %41 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Sadness54 %30 %44 %43 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Tension56 %39 %38 %36 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Humor61 %54 %31 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Humor65 %55 %43 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Tension69 %40 %59 %39 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Sadness65 %24 %55 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 68′Empathy60 %19 %46 %53 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Empathy61 %21 %41 %54 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Sadness65 %26 %41 %56 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Tension71 %34 %55 %54 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Tension66 %38 %53 %39 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Humor52 %37 %32 %23 %
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

MH
Michelle Holmes

Sue

MH
Michelle Holmes

WR
Willie Ross

Lesley Sharp

Michelle

KG
Kulvinder Ghir

Aslam

WR
Willie Ross

Sue's Father

DO
Danny O'Dea

Paddy

ML
Maureen Long

Rita's Mother

PN
Patti Nicholls

Sue's Mother

JP
Joyce Pembroke

Lawnmower Lil

BW
Bernard Wrigley

Teacher

JA
Jane Atkinson

Helen

BH
Bryan Heeley

Michael

PO
Paul Oldham

Lee

DB
David Britton

Rita's Brother

SG
Stuart Goodwin

Rita's Brother

Details

Directed by
Alan Clarke
Written by
Andrea Dunbar
Type
Movies
Released
1987
Runtime
94 min
Country
United Kingdom
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 5,453 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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