Clip detail

“GOOD WILL HUNTING”

Whose emotion the readers were reading: Will Hunting (Matt Damon)

Readers12

Emotions chosen8 of 15

Entropy2.71max ≈ 3.91

Krippendorff α-0.09

Complexitymoderate

Curated window: 2:56 – 3:40 (44s). Plays the same window each time — replays return to 2:56.

Plays only the curated 44-second window. · Embedded via the YouTube Player API · © original creators.

Each star is one emotion. Star size and brightness scale with how many readers chose it. The most-picked reading glows in peach; the AI's reading in mint.

Most-picked

AI's reading

How readers split across the emotions

Sad / sorry
7 · 58% (3p)
Moved / touched
4 · 33% (1p)
Angry / frustrated
4 · 33% (1p)
Disappointed
2 · 17% (1p)
Anxious / nervous
2 · 17% (0p)
Scared / afraid
2 · 17% (0p)
Affectionate / tender
1 · 8%
Confused
1 · 8% (0p)

Modal reading (by mentions) · AI's readingSolid bar segment = readers who picked this as primary. Lighter extension = readers who tagged it as part of a Mixed reading.

AI's reading

What one AI saw on this clip

matches human modal

PrimarySad / sorry

SecondaryAngry / frustrated, Embarrassed / awkward

CuesFacial expression, Body language / posture, Tone of voice, What they said

Why

His initial verbal and physical resistance, including pushing the other man away, seems to indicate anger or defiance. However, this quickly dissolves into profound sadness as he breaks down sobbing and collapses into a hug, suggesting a cathartic release of long-held pain.

AI's own caveat

His initial anger could also be read as a manifestation of fear, a defensive reaction to the emotional vulnerability he is being pushed toward.

The AI's reading is one interpretation among many. We expose it as a single point of comparison against the human spread — not as an answer key. The rationale + caveat above are the AI's own words, reviewed and approved by a human admin before publishing.

Which signals readers used

Cue distribution

Multi-select per response — totals can exceed the reader count.

What they said
10 · 83%
Body language / posture
10 · 83%
Facial expression
9 · 75%
Tone of voice
8 · 67%
The situation
7 · 58%
How others reacted
3 · 25%
Timing / pauses
1 · 8%

Where the readers were

By country

The finding

On this clip, 58% of readers chose Sad / sorry — but the rest split across 7 other emotions. The same moment, read in many ways at once. That spread is not a problem. That spread is the data.

Methodology + transparency

All counts above include only responses kept in analysis. Internal-test profiles are excluded. Free-text responses are not surfaced on this page; they pass through human moderation first and only feature on the dataset's curated quote page (forthcoming) once enough have been approved.

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