Meike Uhrig analyzes the relationship between film and audience emotions, addressing the topic through a long-demanded interdisciplinary approach between media and communication studies. She employs both humanities and social science methods to examine her own developed integrative model. The author first conducts a detailed analysis of Hollywood films and compares the popular fantasy genre with genres such as action films and romantic comedies. The impact of the films is then tested in a large-scale experiment. The core finding of the study reveals that particularly the popular fantasy film fosters emotional interaction in line with the presented model.