I saw this movie for the first time when I was like 8 and I cried my heart out. I thought it was the age thing but i watched it again when i was 18 and i'm kinda embarassed to say that I still shed some tears. Was it just me?
Wake him up, wake him....I want champ
I just watched it tonight with my parents and all three of us were crying. I think it's the little boy that does it, "Wake him up... I want The Champ!" And I don't cry very easily during movies... there's a list of maybe 5 movies that have ever made me cry.
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Only cry if you can do it in c minor.
I am 14 and just watch the movie like last week and i cryed at most of the parts where rick schroder crys. But i got to say its like my favorite movie
What are the 5 other movies that made you cry?
shareDefinitely not just you. I saw it around the same age (7-8) & was bawling @the end. Very, very sad ...
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Yeah, I only saw it when I was about 8 years old, but I remember crying a lot! In England Channel 4 did a year of the 100 greatest tear jerkers, and I think it ranked in the top 10.
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I have showed this movie to at least 15 people. (family and friends) Every single one was a sobbing mess by the end of it! I still rank it as one of the biggest tearjerkers of all time!
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I am 27 years old and i still cry like a baby.
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That end scene got a tear or two out of me too. great film.
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Im 26.. cried my eyes out.. excellent film,..only other movie that got me to cry that much was the colour purple..
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no i just want to beat them up, stupid little boy
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Who didn't???
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im 17 havent seen the film since i was bout 10 and i really wanna see it again but i cried my eyes out then im dreading wat im gonna be like now shi t i cried big daddy
shareEvery time I see this movie I cry, no matter what age I am at the time. It's so distressing, and beautiful, the love between the boy and his father and so damn sad and tragic.
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definately agree, I could watch it now and I'd cry. It's too much. The relationship with his dad reminds me a lot o my own relationship with my father. Excellent, poignant film making.
shareI'm an 18 year old male, and I'm not ashamed to say that I cried many times during this movie.
That part when Billy was in the grandstand and he sees TJ had me in a pool of tears. I love the exchange between the two as well.
Billy - "You know what you are?"
TJ - "A pain in the ass?"
Man, i was crying my eyes out.
Okay, i admit it, i do feel a little ashamed.
I saw this movie in '79 with my parents when I was eight. I think I was the only person in the theater not to be crying, because I was too immauture and embarrased to cry in front of my parents, so I remember holding it in. Having long since gotten in touch with my emotions, yes this is a quintessential tearjerker, a beautiful and sad movie that will affect you. I cry just watching the two scenes I've seen posted on YouTube.
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Your definately not the only one. I saw this movie when I was about 10 or 11 and cried my eyes out. Every friend I knew admitted that they cried too. I told my wife about this movie, she would like to see it but Im honestly afraid to look at it again because I'm 36 now and I dont want her to see me cry over a movie, it would destroy my tuff guy image. lol
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Anyone who watched it and didnt cry must be made of stone, i've never cried so much in all my life!! Has to be one of the most fantastic kid performances ever. He was absolutely flawless.
shareI'm 36year old bloke and I bawl everytime at this film....Never at any other. ET got me when I was a kid, I get a tear at the scene in Crash where the Iranian goes to shoot the Puerto Rican, and Dancer in the dark moves me....but I don't actually shed tears like this film......Powerful stuff....How's it only rate as 5.8?
If a film is so moving, surely it should be a 10..... I guess alot of blokes won't rate it highly through some sort of embarrasement complex, alot of people will cite it as forumlaic or manipulative....but surely if a film raises this much emotion its got to score highly.
I certainly have never heard of anyone that has seen it and hasn't been affected. Anyone that says they haven't is either a liar or emotionally retarded!
Good, God, no! I STILL cry when I see this show. Especially since my father died almost 5 years ago.
To me, that last 14 minutes is the saddest scene in movie history I have EVER seen.