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CAST · STEP BROTHERS

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

33,436

across full runtime

Named matches

11

actors identified

Close-up shots

10.1%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

10.0%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

71%

29%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 33%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Rob Riggle

85% non-neutral

Lead screen share

30%

11 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

10.0%

3,351 frames

Surprise

6.3%

2,101 frames

Neutral

33.3%

11,130 frames

Fear

6.7%

2,226 frames

Sad

10.5%

3,524 frames

Angry

25.0%

8,371 frames

Disgust

8.2%

2,733 frames

Screen time by actor

11 named · 115m tracked of 105.5m

01

John C. Reilly

as Dale Doback · 4916 scenes

34.2min · 30% of cast

angry

02

Will Ferrell

as Brennan Huff · 4850 scenes

33.7min · 29% of cast

angry

03

Richard Jenkins

as Dr. Robert Doback · 2590 scenes

18.0min · 16% of cast

angry

04

Mary Steenburgen

as Nancy Huff · 1716 scenes

11.9min · 10% of cast

happy

05

Adam Scott

as Derek Huff · 1366 scenes

9.5min · 8% of cast

angry

06

Kathryn Hahn

as Alice · 390 scenes

2.7min · 2% of cast

sad

07

Rob Riggle

as Randy · 298 scenes

2.1min · 2% of cast

angry

08

Andrea Savage

as Denise · 257 scenes

1.8min · 2% of cast

neutral

09

Travis T. Flory

as Redheaded Kid · 102 scenes

0.7min · 1% of cast

neutral

10

Seth Morris

as Doctor · 22 scenes

0.1min · 0% of cast

neutral

11

Shira Piven

as Nurse · 16 scenes

0.1min · 0% of cast

surprise

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Adam Scott as Derek Huff	3,294	212.5	28.1%
John C. Reilly as Dale Doback	3,244	198.2	27.6%
Richard Jenkins as Dr. Robert Doback	1,822	220.5	15.5%
Mary Steenburgen as Nancy Huff	1,428	182.3	12.2%
Will Ferrell as Brennan Huff	582	166.9	5.0%
Kathryn Hahn as Alice	462	109.5	3.9%
Andrea Savage as Denise	317	190.5	2.7%
Rob Riggle as Randy	197	293.8	1.7%
Unidentified speakers	163	—	1.4%
Travis T. Flory as Redheaded Kid	119	153.5	1.0%
Shira Piven as Nurse	111	205.2	0.9%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

DD

John C. Reilly

AS DALE DOBACK

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

34m 10s

Scenes

4916

First seen

1:31

Last seen

105:19

Volatility

31 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0026m52m79m105.5m

5%

Happy

6%

Surprise

10%

Neutral

5%

Fear

8%

Sad

51%

Angry

17%

Disgust

BH

Will Ferrell

AS BRENNAN HUFF

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

33m 43s

Scenes

4850

First seen

1:02

Last seen

105:18

Volatility

30 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0026m52m79m105.5m

4%

Happy

3%

Surprise

11%

Neutral

6%

Fear

15%

Sad

54%

Angry

7%

Disgust

DR

Richard Jenkins

AS DR. ROBERT DOBACK

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

18m 00s

Scenes

2590

First seen

1:32

Last seen

98:23

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0026m52m79m105.5m

12%

Happy

5%

Surprise

7%

Neutral

6%

Fear

18%

Sad

43%

Angry

10%

Disgust

NH

Mary Steenburgen

AS NANCY HUFF

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

11m 56s

Scenes

1716

First seen

1:18

Last seen

98:23

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0026m52m79m105.5m

27%

Happy

14%

Surprise

18%

Neutral

5%

Fear

19%

Sad

8%

Angry

10%

Disgust

DH

Adam Scott

AS DEREK HUFF

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

9m 30s

Scenes

1366

First seen

14:55

Last seen

98:06

Volatility

40 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0026m52m79m105.5m

17%

Happy

4%

Surprise

11%

Neutral

1%

Fear

2%

Sad

44%

Angry

22%

Disgust

A

Kathryn Hahn

AS ALICE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

2m 43s

Scenes

390

First seen

26:47

Last seen

97:56

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0026m52m79m105.5m

31%

Happy

2%

Surprise

5%

Neutral

2%

Fear

35%

Sad

8%

Angry

17%

Disgust

R

Rob Riggle

AS RANDY

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 04s

Scenes

298

First seen

58:43

Last seen

93:41

Volatility

42 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0026m52m79m105.5m

7%

Happy

6%

Surprise

15%

Neutral

2%

Fear

3%

Sad

58%

Angry

9%

Disgust

D

Andrea Savage

AS DENISE

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

1m 47s

Scenes

257

First seen

55:55

Last seen

98:28

Volatility

39 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0026m52m79m105.5m

21%

Happy

1%

Surprise

28%

Neutral

16%

Fear

14%

Sad

16%

Angry

20%

Disgust

RK

Travis T. Flory

AS REDHEADED KID

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 43s

Scenes

102

First seen

47:31

Last seen

99:45

Volatility

39 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0026m52m79m105.5m

6%

Happy

4%

Surprise

52%

Neutral

34%

Fear

11%

Sad

20%

Angry

8%

Disgust

D

Seth Morris

AS DOCTOR

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 09s

Scenes

22

First seen

22:04

Last seen

22:26

Too few detections for emotion analysis

N

Shira Piven

AS NURSE

● Dominant: surprise

Screen time

0m 07s

Scenes

16

First seen

22:05

Last seen

22:28

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 14 clusterssums to 100.2% of all dialogue

Scott 25.7%

Reilly 27.1%

Jenkins 13.7%

Steenburgen 13.0%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 8 ensemble

0:0026:2352:4579:08105:30

runtime

John C. Reilly

1:15enter

Mary Steenburgen

1:16enter

Richard Jenkins

1:32enter

Andrea Savage

1:42enter

Kathryn Hahn

2:14enter

Adam Scott

3:37enter

Will Ferrell

4:13enter

SPEAKER 01

15:31enter

Shira Piven

22:05enter

Travis T. Flory

26:07enter

SPEAKER 35

42:04enter

Rob Riggle

54:59enter

SPEAKER 29

83:25enter

SPEAKER 09

104:07enter

Adam ScottSPEAKER 19

Rapid exchange

25.7%

of all dialogue · 3,294 words · 15:30 spoken

WPM212.5

Turns670

Avg turn1.6s

Longest21.6s

enters at 3:37profanity 45

John C. ReillySPEAKER 14

Rapid exchange

27.1%

of all dialogue · 3,244 words · 16:22 spoken

WPM198.2

Turns798

Avg turn1.5s

Longest14.4s

enters at 1:15profanity 23

Richard JenkinsSPEAKER 28

Rapid exchange

13.7%

of all dialogue · 1,822 words · 8:16 spoken

WPM220.5

Turns384

Avg turn1.5s

Longest20.5s

enters at 1:32profanity 9

Mary SteenburgenSPEAKER 05

Rapid exchange

13.0%

of all dialogue · 1,428 words · 7:50 spoken

WPM182.3

Turns288

Avg turn1.8s

Longest12.4s

enters at 1:16profanity 5

Will FerrellSPEAKER 25

Rapid exchange

5.8%

of all dialogue · 582 words · 3:29 spoken

WPM166.9

Turns226

Avg turn0.8s

Longest5.2s

enters at 4:13profanity 7

Kathryn HahnSPEAKER 24

Rapid exchange

7.0%

of all dialogue · 462 words · 4:13 spoken

WPM109.5

Turns356

Avg turn1.1s

Longest18.2s

enters at 2:14profanity 3

Andrea SavageSPEAKER 16

Brief

2.8%

of all dialogue · 317 words · 1:40 spoken

WPM190.5

Turns74

Avg turn1.6s

Longest8.2s

enters at 1:42profanity 1

Rob RiggleSPEAKER 13

Brief

1.1%

of all dialogue · 197 words · 0:40 spoken

WPM293.8

Turns38

Avg turn1.8s

Longest9.8s

enters at 54:59profanity 7

Travis T. FlorySPEAKER 00

Brief

1.3%

of all dialogue · 119 words · 0:47 spoken

WPM153.5

Turns27

Avg turn2.0s

Longest12.9s

enters at 26:07profanity 3

Shira PivenSPEAKER 32

Brief

0.9%

of all dialogue · 111 words · 0:33 spoken

WPM205.2

Turns22

Avg turn2.0s

Longest19.5s

enters at 22:05profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 35 · unmatched

Brief

0.6%

of all dialogue · 55 words · 0:20 spoken

WPM163.7

Turns22

Avg turn1.1s

Longest6.3s

enters at 42:04profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 29 · unmatched

Brief

0.5%

of all dialogue · 50 words · 0:20 spoken

WPM150.7

Turns15

Avg turn2.5s

Longest10.7s

enters at 83:25profanity 1

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 01 · unmatched

Brief

0.3%

of all dialogue · 37 words · 0:10 spoken

WPM230.3

Turns8

Avg turn1.6s

Longest5.2s

enters at 15:31profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 09 · unmatched

Brief

0.4%

of all dialogue · 21 words · 0:13 spoken

WPM97.1

Turns5

Avg turn2.2s

Longest6.9s

enters at 104:07profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 11 unique characters · 33,436 faces detected · 11 named matches · 115m screen-time tracked