Did you cry? - The Bridges of Madison County (1995) Discussion

[–] m_eric8x 20 years ago

Indeed, i cried. It's the second or the third time i've seen this movie and yet it's so touching i always end up crying. Their love is so intense and true, you can't help it and eventually became overwhelmed by the emotions.

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[–] JohnnyLoved234 20 years ago

I was bawling but maybe that is because I have started to become alot more emotional this past year.But it was a very very sad movie so it really could have been that.

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[–] triplexchiu 13 years ago

It was sad over the fact that Francesca was forced to make 2 very difficult decisions & very sad ones too. Break Richard's heart or break her whole family apart. She realised in the end that her family was more important.

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[–] dannillia2001 19 years ago

i watched it for the fist time at uni in the UK with some flatmates and i cried my eyes out. i was in absolute hystrics!! a wonderful, beautiful film of love and passion.

excellent.

if u didnt cry u have a heart of stone!

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[–] glyphs 20 years ago

Are you kidding? I bawled. And when I finally got around to reading the book and bawled through about the last 25 pages. Fun stuff, I tell ya.

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[–] geugen 20 years ago

I did, I did a lot. I think this is one of the BEST movies ever released.

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[–] Scatter-brained 18 years ago

It was just on Sky Movies (UK Satellite channel) and I balled my eyes out. Composing myself now. I can't recall the last time I cried because of a movie! Doesn't happen very often.

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[–] lollypopland89 20 years ago

Thanks for your posts, guys. Ya don't make me feel like such an outsider! lol haha

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[–] GuilhermeMaia 20 years ago

OH...I cried a LOT... I saw this movie 5 or 6 times (the last was just few moments ago, cuz I bought the DVD), and every time I see it, I cry... and I cry HARD. I think this movie is so so so so touching, that I think it's impossible not to cry if u get way too involved with the carachters, like I always do. I'm not that into romance films, but this one is certainly in my top10 all-time favorite list. 10 out of 10!

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[–] lcook-4 20 years ago

I keep thinking if I watch it enough it will change and she will get out of that truck and run to his but it never seems to happen. My Dad always wants to know why I keep watching Titanic, SAME REASON, maybe it won't sink! Oh yes, buckets of tears on both!

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[–] vanderveldenton 14 years ago

It is (still, after all these years) the ONLY movie that made me cry all 4 times I saw it in cinema. Lately there was another great one that made me cry (Mao's last dancer) but only the first time, not the second time.
And I am a man.

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[–] Starlet17 20 years ago

The part that really triggers the tears for me is when she is saying, in voiceover, why she has that specific burial request. She says how she gave her life to her family, and now she wants to give Robert what is left of her. That just kills me!
The scene in Richard's pickup truck, when she is holding onto the door handle, is so intense. I can't even cry in that scene because I am always in such suspense that I'm frozen! That scene is amazing...as is the rest of the film.

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[–] Moosie84 20 years ago

I read the book a while ago and yesterday I saw the movie. I cried alot. Especially in the scene when she's holding the door handle. But I didn't just cry. I also got a bit angry with Francesca. I kept thinking, "Open the door, you stupid woman".

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[–] imbetter_youdirty 20 years ago

i know most of you probably wont understand this, but i cried when she got into bed with her husband at the end. he told her how much he loved her and that he was sorry he couldn't fulfill her dreams. i felt so sad for him, that his wife was so unhappy with him. he wasn't in the movie much, but to me he seemed really sweet, and like he loved francesca very much. he wanted her to be happy. don't get me wrong, when robert was standing in the rain, i desperately wanted her to run to him, too. but, that part in the end with her husband, i think that part was to kind of show why she stayed. and what she said at that part, something about what her and her husband had would've stayed, had she left. but what her and robert had would've gone away, because she would carry her family in her mind. well, it wouldv'e been much easier, if her husband would've been grumpy or mean in someway.

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[–] ingie_oz 20 years ago

I feel the same way as you Kenneth_lord. I cried a lot a lot a lot, and I felt so sad for both of them. But while I was watching I kept thinking, "Come on, it isn't that hard, open the door, run to him."
I maintain she should have opened the door and run in neither direction - just away from both cars. Then both men would have run after her and they would have had to talk about it. I dunno.

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[–] tanya77977 20 years ago

oh I cried hard and I remember not crying that way , the first time I watched the movie , I think the story touches your heart very much when you are in a mood to be touched ,,, well , I think this explains why others did not cry while watching it .

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[–] DJFcak266 20 years ago

i cried a fricken river while watching it. its such a beautiful and heartbreaking story, and it was just so sad. im emotional anyways, but this movie is one of the saddest (and best) movies ive ever seen.

im actually watching it right now. its 11:03pm and it started at 11:00pm, and im going to bed in a few minutes, so im not gonna watch it :( oh well, im not in a crying mood tonight.

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[–] freakophile 20 years ago

Of course I did. I have never been ina romantic relationship myself although I am a romantic at heart. This movie is just heart-rending. I watched it for the second time on cable tonight. I started watching it just casually but couldnt get myself to switch it off until the end thanks to Eastwood and Streep. What a terrific actress she is! I wish the actors who played her son and daugher could have been better. Aall the scenes mentioned above by the posters did have the same effect in me.

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[–] freeverse81 20 years ago

Like a little kid. This movie kills me. I am only 15 and I have never been in love but to have that kinda love and just give it up kills me. There are a couple of movies when during a pivitol point I believe it could end better. Like everytime I watch this movie I think she turns the door handle in the truck a little bit farther you know? And in The Prince of Tides (sorry I am getting off topic) I always hope his wife wont call even though I know she will. And in Titanic I still hold onto hope that he might just come swimming up! Its crazy but maybe when your fifteen you get to live in a fantasy world! lol!

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[–] TripleKissxxx 20 years ago

did i cry? DID I CRY! - like a baby!

I think it might be impossible not to cry at this film - it was beautiful and tragic and.. oh god im off again!

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[–] bobby157 18 years ago

sí,yo lloré........

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[–] Duysterwald 20 years ago

Today they aired the film in my country, and while I had seen the film twice before, I never cried. I think that was because I was too young to truly understand it, and because I had never known what it was like to be in love. Now, at the age of 19 (I'm soon to be 20 in February), and having experienced rather intense love from the age of 16 to 18, I can understand the emotions of the film much better. I watched it today, the third time I ever watched the film, and this time I did cry, really cried at the end. It was just so, so sad. *sigh*

I think I should buy the book, it'll probably be well worth the money.

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[–] sarah_loves_paulorotondo 20 years ago

It was strange that at about the time Francesca told Robert that she could not go with him because she loved her family....I just cried to the end. There were only brief moments when I didn't.

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[–] callyemilytigger 19 years ago

Oh man the part when Francesca had her hand firmly planted on the handle of the truck door and she looks in the rearview mirror and sees Robert and then decides NOT to open the door... it just makes me bawl. I thought, "there goes the love of your life! Gone forever!"

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[–] minuetone 19 years ago

I sobbed...and sobbed...and sobbed.

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[–] paulokox 15 years ago

Sim, yes, oui, si...

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[–] eflyboy56 19 years ago

I didn't cry the first 2 times but as I watch it more often, I do. I am 57, and have now had several similar situations occur in my life. I feel for Robert, he "lost" because men often do not read relationships well and they get hurt. And I feel for Francesca, she too lost out, missed an opportunity for happiness. She took the "high road", the moral road, did what she felt was best for her family under their circumstances. Women often do that, sacrifice for their family, rather than succumb to the pleasures of the flesh. I think it is easier for men to compartmentalize our existences and do what we feel we want to do, "live in the moment". A fine example is Slick Willy viewing fellatio as not being "unfaithful" "sex".

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[–] zyedd2002 19 years ago

I didn't cry at all. As what she said at the end, "what Robert and I had couldn't continue if we were together". What they had is extraordinary beautiful but can't last long. It's just a spark of her life. She never want to go with Robert. She knows nowhere is safer than her home. And such kind of thing usually not happen only once in a lifetime. It's a beautiful story but she also hurt her family. Could you imagine spending a whole lifetime with someone thinking about another man all the time?

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