Sentences with word «tearjerker»

One of the biggest tearjerkers of the night came when Jane Locke told of a 5 - year - old girl who was helped by Locke's local Mt. Pleasant, S.C. - based charity, Carolina Children's Charity, which benefits kids born with birth defects.

A profoundly moving tearjerker about the festering wounds caused by the Vietnam War in middle America.

For couples that are suckers for tearjerker romance flicks, visit the inn from Nights in Rodanthe.

Prediction: Palatability generally matters more than clout when it comes to the Foreign Language category, where the latest from world - cinema giants are often bested by tony tearjerkers with blue - hair appeal.

The most cited tearjerker from this series is probably Mass Effect 2's post-jump cinematic, where you go off on the suicide mission and your team's survival is determined by the side missions you've conducted, but that never really hit home for me.

The film looks like it could be a real tearjerker in the same vein as romantic dramas The Notebook and The Fault in our Stars.

You might suppose that he was trying for a hit PC tearjerker like Rain Man or The Eighth Day, but his movie is far too sincere and poetic to make this plausible.

Bring the tissues, because Disney / Pixar's latest animated feature, Coco is a real tearjerker.

After watching the trailer for «The Light Between Oceans,» I was ready for a really good tearjerker based on a popular novel about a married couple who miscarry but then miraculously find a baby floating at sea.

The Kick - Ass star takes on her first romantic lead role in tearjerker If I Stay, based on the smash hit book of the same name.

Brooks delivers zip and energy, plus good humor, never straying terribly long to the point of tedium in any one scenario, and does manage to pull off a couple of tearjerker moments near the end that are earned.

It packs in a raft of creepy moments, making it one of the most chilling flicks ever made, and somehow also manages to be a massive tearjerker at the same time.

The Citizen Kane of teen cancer tearjerkers, Alfonso Gomez - Rejon's funny and bruising Sundance sensation is like The Fault in Our Stars remade for Criterion Collection fetishists.

J.A. Bayona «s adaptation of Patrick Ness «A Monster Calls is a five - hankie sobfest, a ruthlessly effective tearjerker even by cancer drama standards.

I figure if you like heart - wrenching, tearjerker love stories by people like Nicholas Sparks, you'll love me!

She praised the drama as a «five - hankie sobfest, a ruthlessly effective tearjerker even by cancer drama standards,» despite a few scenes she found too manipulative.

From tearjerker romances to intense dramas, these critically - acclaimed independent films round out the platform's massive catalogue.

While I suspect that the Erwins aren't the only ones previously unfamiliar with the phenomenon, their moving tearjerker will undoubtedly go a long way towards spreading the word.

CHICAGO — «People Like Us» is an old - fashioned tearjerker with everything that phrase implies.

«Til then, she's writes about tearjerker topics like loss and grief for xoJane, The Huffington Post, Modern Loss, Glamour, and on her blog, Sally's Circle.

Critics Consensus: Built from many of the same ingredients as other Nicholas Sparks tearjerkers, Dear John suffers from its cliched framework, as well as Lasse Hallstrom's curiously detached directing.

Unbroken is based on Laura Hillenbrand's bestseller about Louis «Louie» Zamperini (O'Connell), whose life story, sans the brutal psychology, sounds like an old - fashioned Hollywood tearjerker.

The talented actress - turned - director Joan Chen (Xiu Xiu) should get the lion's share of the credit as to why what would ordinarily be a routine tearjerker works somewhat, along with an endearing performance by Ryder.

Julia Roberts is cozying up to her next cinematic tearjerker with «Wonder,» a film based on the novel by R.J. Palacio.

A sluggish fusion of a disease - of - the - week tearjerker with a comedic family crime romp that abounds in Boston - crime - movie details.

The lighthouse in Derek Cianfrance's tony tearjerker The Light Between Oceans is a multipurpose symbol, amenable to the interpretive gymnastics of hustling English majors and film critics alike.

On the other hand, Eric Heisserer's Hurricane Katrina film, «Hours,» looks like it could be a major tearjerker across the board.

It doesn't quite provide the punch of the «Beginning of Summer Tween / Teen Romantic Tearjerker», the surprise hit «The Fault in Our Stars», but it's close.

And it happened in the funniest film of the year, the sweetest romance of the year, and the biggest tearjerker in who knows how long.

ME BEFORE YOU Director: Thea Sharrock Starring: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Matthew Lewis, Janet McTeer, Charles Dance, Brendan Coyle Bring your tissues as you may need them for the latest tearjerker romance to hit the big screen.

Just as one depressing ad man's story comes to an end, another rises from the ashes: Variety reports that Alfonso Gomez - Rejon, director of Sundance indie tearjerker Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, has signed on to direct Collateral Beauty, with Hugh Jackman and Rooney Mara set to co-star.

Tearjerker Game Of Thrones, Hodor's (Kristian Nairn) Death Grey's Anatomy, Meredith tells her children about Derek's death (Ellen Pompeo) Me Before You, Will (Sam Claflin) tells Louisa (Emilia Clarke) he can't stay with her Moonlight, Paula (Naomie Harris) tells Chiron (Trevante Rhodes) that she loves him This Is Us, Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Randall (Lonnie Chavis) at karate

Marc Webb follows up his Spider - Man movies with a sensitive and well - made tearjerker about a child genius.

And what has been a well - crafted tearjerker proceeds to go flat - out bonkers.

Two or three decades ago, a tasteful big - hit tearjerker like «Wonder» would have been a shoo - in, and when the honors went to movies that were true works of art, like «The Godfather» or «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest» or «The Silence of the Lambs» or «Schindler's List,» you'd better believe that they were movies enjoyed by gargantuan audiences.

Yes, the movie looks cheesy as hell, and yes the stars are as generically attractive as the ones you'll find in any schlocky teen romance film — star Nick Robinson did first stretch his teen romance acting chops in 2017's tearjerker Everything, Everything — but it's still gives the spotlight to a gay lead in a major motion picture.

As no one offers, Zinger volunteers: He spent the night alone in his hotel room watching movies, two tearjerkers back to back: Schindler's List and The Piano.

The 1992 tearjerker Lorenzo's Oil told the true story of one family's struggle to save their son from X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a deadly degenerative brain disease.

Of course, it's predictable and a total tearjerker, but I was pleasantly surprised with how well a male author (John Green) was able to capture the mind of a sixteen year old girl.

If you, along with 18 % of our survey respondents think that a rom - com should make you cry, then watch this film as it is the ultimate tearjerker.

There's nothing cinematic about this turgid tearjerker except the slumming presence of movie star Harrison Ford.

As early reviews of Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar are tepid, Warner may only have one other serious Oscar contender in the 9/11 tearjerker Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, so Potter should get a formidable campaign pushing it.

Very good warmhearted and often humourous tearjerker about the relationship of cantankerous Polish - American baker and his grandson throughout 30 years.

And to a former newspaper reporter, like myself, who came up in the wake of the events it depicts, it's also a nostalgic tearjerker.

The Help is a high - functioning tearjerker, but the catharsis it offers feels glib and insufficient, a Barbie Band - Aid on the still - raw wound of race relations in America.

Made for TV tearjerker that is rather more subtle than most of it's type, Jack Lemmon giving a very sensitive performance as a terminally ill professor giving life lessons to his protege.

This is no tribute to the war dead, but an unthinking betrayal of them — they've been drafted again, this time to supply a climax to a second - rate tearjerker.