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Ending scene always gets me


I don't generally fall for sappy sentimentality. But damn that last scene always hits me like a truck. The Neil Young music, the home movies. Sappy sentimentality done perfectly.

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I agree. A celebration of a life

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Exactly! I cry like a baby.


Wait! Wait! Where are you going? I was gonna make Espresso!

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Amen. It makes this hardened Texas boy cry.

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Amazing scene. The thing that gets me about it is the shot of Andrew's mother about to break down... and someone brings a kid over to her and she smiles... Neil Young's song IMO was the one that should have won the Oscar.

OHHH GOOOD FOR YOU!!

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I so agree about the song, it was better than Bruces’ which got all the credit.

We need a like button for posts like yours lol.

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Oh, incredibly powerful and moving. Makes me cry every single time. The Neil Young song is just awesome.

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I have always cried at the end. I agree that the music along with the home movie are moving. Gets me every time.

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The movie gets melodramatic with the boo-hiss villains and the angelic heroes. But, the grace notes like that ending are what make the movie work.

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