This part gets me everytime!

Just before then, when she says goodbye to everyone, well that's what makes me cry every time. The music score is one of my favourites but Brooks wisely chooses not to use it in these scenes and let the actors and his words do their magic. I start losing it when Patsy tells Emma she's her 'touchstone' and I'm half way to an emotional breakdown when Emma tells Tommy not to feel bad that he never told her he loved her because she knows. So, so heartbreaking. Aurora's breakdown with Flap when Emma passes is also genuinely deeply moving because it's so honest - there's truly nothing harder than losing your child. Anyone who remains impassive here whilst watching must have a heart of stone.

A beautifully done ten minutes of movie-making.

I haven't been able to watch this since a loved one died a couple years back. It's just too real. It felt exactly like this movie.

The scene where Aurora returns to the crappy hotel and wordlessly breaks down on the stairs is the saddest scene for me. She finally knows there's nothing she can do to stop things, and despite her strong, high-voltage personality; she's powerless.

I'm surprised no one mentioned the scene where Aurora first finds out about Emma's illness. She's at home and she has just hung up the phone after the call. She clenches her hands and her eyes. She stands up, and reaches out to Rosie and says something along the lines of "Rosie...Rosie...our girl is in trouble..." Agggg...just typing it out and thinking about the scene makes my eyes water. Her body language and voice were just so ANGUISHED. I had a phone call like that from my father...just anguish is the best word I can think of.

Oh, goodbye mama. I'll never do dishes again.

It always gets me when Aurora is yelling that Emma needs her medicine. Watching now, for the hundredth time.

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You know maybe if you eat more comfort food you wouldn't have to go around shooting people.

Yeah, I wish that really happened..I have stage 4 cancer and this is just hollywood bs.

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I agree .. I just got through watching it and that's the part and the only part that makes me cry .. and having lost both parents I think of them and cry even more .. great movie .. I think maybe this is the 20th time that I have watched it .. when I started out I was only going to watch a little bit .. great movie .




"A man that wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough".

I start when Aurora gets back to the hotel, and Garrett is there. Aurora finally has someone who can support her..and it's a rare moment of vulnerability from her.

After that...I'm just a sobbing mass of goo for the next 30 minutes or so.