I heard this on the radio in an official study made by several doctors this was proved to be the saddest movie there ever was.
I've never heard of this movie before but I would like to watch it now..
I think their study might have been more than a little skewed towards more contemporary American movies. I think they only perused movies that a modern American audience would recognize. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but... I've seen a few Japanese movies that were awfully sad: Twenty-Four Eyes and Sansho the Bailiff come to mind. Also, Act of Love, a 1953 film starring Kirk Douglas, had an awfully sad ending. But these didn't make their list because most people would not be even remotely familiar with them. [I saw these movies thanks to the fact that they were aired on Turner Classic Movies].
You may be right, I don't know the specifics of the study.
shareIt has nothing to do with American audiences, I'm from Morocco and believe me, people know about The Champ.
I agree with the study's result, this is the saddest film ever, of course, anyone can come up with another film but the point is that The Champ is the most likely to make everybody weep at the end, men, women, kids ... my father told me that he recommended the film to some of his toughest friends, who never cried at any any film, but after watching The Champ, they were all bawling like little girls.
No one can resist to the final scene.
"Darth Vader is scary and I The Godfather"
Speaking of Kirk Douglas, try watching the final minutes of Lonely Are The Brave (1962) and Detective Story (1951).
shareYes, in particular "Detective Story." --- only because "Lonely" is separate. (DS) has held up spectacularly well. All in about 90 minutes. The production drives Douglas and "us" to the bitter end, whipping us both the entire way. Every time it seems as if "Jim" will get it right, he gets its wrong. He is filled with a rage that can only be stilled by his death.
And even though I know the path and it's end I love watching it again & again. Seeing someone pour his heart into his work and take the souls in the production with him every step of the way is what film is about.
Film. American film.
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shareI'm also a foreigner from the Philippines and everyone I know who has watched this has cried.
shareYeah i was coming here to post about this. I've never seen this film though.
I dont mind a movie that gets tears in an honest, truthful way, what i mind is OBVIOUS tearjerkers ENTIRELY designed from script to soundtrack to make its audience cry. (See I am Sam for example)
The ultimate most heart wrenching film remains Antarctica for me. Mind you, I haven't seen it sicne i was like 9. And i don't want to ever again. It was my introduction to the cocnept of movies being able to make you feel bad. I did NOT like the idea.
As a grown up I'd say hmm... well it's gonna sound typically male but usually anything that has to do with father/son relationships (I remember the end of Big Fish). I love my dad but feel like a terribly unworthy son (and with reason) and this just gets me right there. Love stories always tend to be handled in too cheesy a way in movies to make a good impression. When I was younger it was different, now I'm too bitter for most of them.
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Have you seen the film yet? And what do you think of it now?
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your right i never stoped crying in the last 30 min also never cried like this in a long time also everytime i remember hatchi i feel like i want to cry again
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I would believe it. I remember this on tv when I was a kid, and I couldn't stop crying. It is definitely the saddest movie I have ever seen.
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