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Character Analysis

16,347
Faces Detected
14
Named Actors
9.7%
Close-up Shots
14.4%
Smile Rate
68% M / 32% F
Gender Split
Sad
Dominant Emotion
Jennifer
Most Expressive
35%
Lead Screen Share

Face recognition uses ArcFace + TMDB headshots — accuracy varies for actors in heavy makeup or costumes.

Screen Time by Actor

Bar color represents dominant emotion

Dialogue by Character

Speaker matching uses face detection overlap — actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Words spoken — grey bar represents dialogue not matched to a named actor

Cast Profiles

Rachel McAdams

as Allie Hamilton

27.6 min

2649

scenes

5:28

first seen

105:59

last seen

sadMedium volatility (45%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 30%neutral 18%fear 7%sad 34%angry 11%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Ryan Gosling

as Noah Calhoun

21.5 min

2058

scenes

5:17

first seen

105:57

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (38%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 14%neutral 42%fear 5%sad 24%angry 13%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

James Garner

as Older Noah "Duke"

9.7 min

930

scenes

3:18

first seen

118:06

last seen

angryMedium volatility (47%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 3%neutral 21%fear 8%sad 30%angry 37%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Joan Allen

as Anne Hamilton

5.1 min

488

scenes

26:08

first seen

95:16

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (48%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 11%neutral 27%fear 13%sad 26%angry 22%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Gena Rowlands

as Older Allie

4.6 min

442

scenes

2:45

first seen

118:04

last seen

sadMedium volatility (40%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 17%neutral 21%fear 4%sad 40%angry 18%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

James Marsden

as Lon Hammond

3.6 min

342

scenes

49:20

first seen

105:09

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (46%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 9%neutral 38%fear 9%sad 33%angry 10%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Kevin Connolly

as Fin

2.2 min

211

scenes

5:13

first seen

48:50

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (49%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 14%surprise 3%neutral 28%fear 22%sad 23%angry 10%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Sam Shepard

as Frank Calhoun

2.2 min

210

scenes

19:60

first seen

55:31

last seen

sadHigh volatility (56%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 24%neutral 20%fear 10%sad 31%angry 15%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

David Thornton

as John Hamilton

1.0 min

98

scenes

25:23

first seen

53:52

last seen

happyLow volatility (17%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 74%neutral 12%angry 14%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Jennifer Echols

as Nurse Selma

0.7 min

65

scenes

4:13

first seen

109:54

last seen

neutralHigh volatility (69%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 8%surprise 3%neutral 31%fear 15%sad 22%angry 22%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Starletta DuPois

as Nurse Esther

0.5 min

45

scenes

74:05

first seen

117:33

last seen

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Thunderbird Dinwiddie

as Veronica

0.1 min

12

scenes

26:05

first seen

27:57

last seen

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Cullen Moss

as Bodee

0.1 min

12

scenes

26:16

first seen

27:55

last seen

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Heather Wahlquist

as Sara Tuffington

0.1 min

9

scenes

6:29

first seen

27:57

last seen

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Overall Emotion Distribution

Across 2,841 unique characters identified in the film

happy14.4%
surprise0.6%
neutral24.7%
fear10.9%
sad34.8%
angry14.7%
disgust0.0%