I'm A Big Baby..Is That So Bad?
Oct 18 '01
The Bottom Line Comedies are fun, horror movies are good at Halloween, Suspensful movies are heart pounding, but in my opinion, nothing beats a tearjerker, AKA Chick Flick.
I'll admit it...any sad, sappy, sorrowful, or amazingly happy scene in a movie can break me out in tears. And I just keep watching them! Why do I do it to myself? So in honor of movies that make you cry, I give you my epinion on
The 10 Best Tear-Jerking Movies That I Have Ever Seen
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Always
~~Starring Holly Hunter, Richard Dreyfuss, & John Goodman
Pete is a firefighter pilot, who takes on a daredevil attitude when he's called to dump a load of liquid on a forest fire. "Always" going the distance to put his friends before him, he saves the life of another pilot while ending his own.
Dorinda is the woman who's left behind after the man she loves dies. She struggles to be happy, but "always" becomes sad because she's feeling Pete's presence. A time soon arrives that she makes a bad decision to do a good thing and she takes off in plane.
Sadly she crashes in the lake. As she sits quietly waiting to die with no fight left in her, she "hears" Pete asking her to live her life, as happy as she can make it. He tells her he'll love her "Always".
Tear Jerking Grade=B+
Why? Sometimes you feel so guilty for being happy.
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What Dreams May Come
~Starring Robin Williams, Cuba Goodings Jr, & Annabella Sciorra
If you were in heaven, would you risk spending eternity in hell if your spouse was there? Do you love them enough to go to hell and back for? I know some of you are laughing and thinking "ain't no way," but there are some of you that can relate.
A mother recovers from a nervous breakdown after her two children killed in a car wreck with the help of her fantastic husband Chris. Sadly though, soon he dies also in another car wreck.
Waking up in heaven, he learns that his paradise can be anything he wants it to be. But to him, its not paradise because his Annie isn't there. As a matter of fact, Annie buys a oneway ticket to hell because she takes her own life.
So, the rest of the story we find him trying to bring his Annie back with him where she belongs. He's willing to risk the chance of spending an eternity in hell...as long as he's with her.
Tear Jerker Grade=A-
Why? While he's in heaven, he's reunited with his old dog and his kids. Then he cares about his wife enough to give it all up. Shoot me.. I bawled.
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Where The Heart Is
~Starring Ashley Judd, Natalie Portman, & Stockard Channing
Based on a true story, Novalee Nation is a stranded, scared, and very pregnant teenage girl that camps out in a Walmart for several weeks. When its time to have her baby, she passes out from the pain and a local man hears her screams and calls an ambulance.
Waking up, she thinks she's in trouble, but soon learns that the *Walmart Baby* story goes nationwide. With nowhere to stay, Sister Husband comes along and offers her and the baby a home. Getting a second chance in life, Novalee becomes a great photographer.
Soon enough, as good movies go, a tornad passes through town while she and her daughter are already in a cellar...and it kills the lady she was living with. But like I said, as good movies go, something good happens. She learns that Sister had left the land to her, along with some old stocks. She had enough money to build her a little home.
Tear Jerking Grade=B+
Why? The story deals of child abuse and how to go on after it happens. Very hard to watch during this time.
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Armageddon
~Starring Bruce Willis, Liv Tyler, & Ben Affleck
The story of a wild bunch of oil rig workers sent into space to land on an asteroid headed towards earth. It's their job to destroy that hunk of rock and save mankind. And they only have a few days to do it in.
Although most of this movie was full of action and comedy, some of the scenes were heart tearing. This will always be a favorite movie of mine, and I had to add it in.
Tear Jerking Grade=A
Why? The dad gives his life, so his daughter can live to grow old. But wouldn't most dads?
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Boys On The Side
~Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, & Mary-Louise Parker
This is a story that involves lesbianism, AIDS, unintentional murder, out of wedlock pregnancy, death, and a friendship that is tighter than anything you've seen.
Jane, Robin, & Holly become the closest of friends when they end up on a road trip together. Soon realizing that Robin is to sick to travel on (she has aids), they settle down in Tuscon to live together (AS FRIENDS) until Robin dies.
Tear Jerking Grade=A-
Why? Imagine watching your best friend die slowly. (and if you already have, I'm very sorry.)
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Pay It Forward
~Starring Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt, & Kevin Spacey
A seventh grader is given an assignment thats due by the end of the year. Think of one thing that you can do to change the world. Admist the other kids saying, I'm just one person, I can't do that, a little boy thinks of a fantastic idea.
Instead of paying back a favor to someone, take that favor and pay it forward three times. Do a huge favor for three other people. What a simply beautiful thought.
As the child goes about doing the first three favors, the ripple effect begins. Soon a reporter has a huge favor dropped in his lap, with the only rule of accepting the favor being to pay it forward. The story is traced back to the child and he's surprised by the chain of events he started.
Tear Jerking Grade=A
Why? I can't tell you. But if you've seen this movie...you'll understand when I say the homeless lady's role tore me up. Not to mention the ending.
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Mask
~Starring Cher, Eric Stoltz, & Sam Elliot
Based on a true story of the life of Rocky Dennis, a guy with "Lionitis". Lionitis is a severe disfigurement of the face where it enlarges and takes on the shape almost looking like a lions face. But he's not the only one in his family with something wrong with him, his mother has a drug problem.
Anyhow, Rocky signs up to be a counselor at a summer camp for the blind. While there, he meets a girl who sees him at first for his beauty inside, then when she learns how he looks on the outside, it doesn't make a difference.
When her parents meet him though, they have different thoughts. Showing how shallow they are, they blow off his phone calls to her, return his letters unopened, and tell him that he's not right for their daughter. Rocky somehow understands, and leaves well enough alone. Even though its breaking both their hearts.
In the end, we watch as Rocky dies. He tells us through the movie how he'd love to travel all over the world. His mother says, "Now he can go anywhere he'd like."
Tear Jerking Grade=A
Why? A guy who finally finds someone to love and then isn't allowed to, he dies in the end, and this movie just totally wraps the viewer up tight in it.. and makes you feel like you know Rocky personally.
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Beaches
~Starring Bette Midler & Barbara Hershey
Friendships born when your young have a tendency to slip away as you both grow up. But what if you had a friend that was there to see you through every happy, sad, and life altering moment? Wouldn't that be great?
Thats what this story is about. Two very different little girls meet one day on a boardwalk, and promise to always be friends. They do. As they're growing up, their communication is mostly in letters until they get older. It during that time we see their friendship in a different light.
Supporting each other during the ups and downs of their adult lives, an illness brings one of them to their knees. The other comes to her side and takes care of her until the end.
Tear Jerking Grade=B+
Why? I can't really put this into words...its just the bond of friendship that women seem to have.
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Practical Magic
~Starring Sandra Bullock & Nicole Kidman
Two sisters, both witches, one practices and the other doesn't, both living very different lives, soon have the same problem and need to figure out how to fix it. His name is Jimmy and he's very dead, yet very much alive.
Jimmy is a spirit that comes back to bring Gillian to the grave with him. Its up to both sisters and a chain of PTA moms to save her from a sure and certain death.
Tear Jerking Grade=A-
Why? At one point, the sisters lock hands and see their life flash before the both of them... its during this time it makes you want to call your sister and tell her you love her. :) (or at least it did me.. lol)
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Steel Magnolias
~Starring Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Dylan McDermott, Daryl Hannah, Dolly Parton, Tom Skeritt, Shirley MacClain, Olympia Dukakis
This is the movie of all tear jerking movies. With a cast of characters so elite as this group, there is no way the movie can go wrong. Its a movie that draws a person in and allows you to be part of the storyline also.
Gossip abounds in the smalltown USA beautyshop where all the ladies gather every Saturday morning. The storyline revolves around the life of a lady named Shelby. She's getting married, and while they're doing her hair they see she's got horrible scars on her wrists. She's in need of a kidney transplant and is on dialysis now.
Through talking, they learn that the mom is going to donate a kidney, and before long the wedding and surgery both come off beautifully. However, Shelby is a brittle diabetic, but wants to have a child badly. Against the wishes of her mom and doctor, she gets pregnant and things go well for a while. Years pass without any problems.
But one day, she drops into a diabetic coma and never comes out of it. At her funeral, its easy to see the tight connection of friendship and love.
Tear Jerking Grade=A+
Why? Watching a young woman die and leave her son so early is sad, but then we have to watch the mother grieve for her daughter while her friends are there to comfort her. Its just something you have got to see.. if you haven't.
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I know there are alot of wonderful movies and I've only touched base with what I think are the 10 best. It's amazing how a person can feel such empathy for a character in a movie, but in my opinion, thats what makes a movie great!
Thanks for reading!
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