There are scenes here that make the most lachrymose TV movie weepie seem restrained by comparison. (independent.co.uk)
Director Todd Haynes may have made his name with a series of sly, sublime, and pop - savvy New Queer Cinema profiteroles like Poison, Velvet Goldmine, and Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, but in recent years he's resurrected the forgotten genre of what Old Hollywood called «women's pictures»: lachrymose melodramas in which glamorous ladies struggle... read more (tvguide.com)
The Jewish fight for survival, struggle for emancipation, and a shared lachrymose conception of history were adopted as better ways to express Jewish identity. (firstthings.com)