who didn't cry their eyes out at this movie?

Me.

The movie is so predictable that you only expect when will something happen (and I haven't read much about the plot before watching it). Some scenes are great, but great as idea, symbol, a very good work... and emotially? No. Not even close. And I don't consider myself to be made of stone.

I saw this movie way back right after it came out on video... My sister and I watched it, and by the end of it we were both sobbing. My boyfriend actually called me about 5 minutes after it was over to see when I would be meeting him to go out, and I was still crying so hard that he thought something bad had happened! When I told him that I was just crying over the movie we rented, he couldn't believe it.

To this day, whenever a conversation turns to sad movies, I always mention this one. I'm going to put this on my Blockbuster.com rental list now.

ohh totally balled, in front of my parents no less and I was pretty young too. Brad and Joe played off each other ever so well, the chemistry was great, and kudos to Mr. Horton for letting the boys go with their instincts, instead of making the scences wooden, phony or too hollywood.

There are not very many films that can evoke those kind of emotions in me, save Dead Poets Society and Empire of the Sun, but like you stated here, The Cure is such a film, and certainly should recognized for its powerful impact especially with its genre in this day and age.

Bye now.

Another film similar to The Cure is The Mighty, has the same basic meaning, (treat other how you would like to be treated) But different story. You should check it out. It has Eldon Henson and Kieran Culkin who play two friends, one is handicap, Sharon Stone plays one of the boys mom. It has a heartwarming story. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119670/

~Sander~Fan of GB
The world showed no compassion for me!

This and Simon Birch were my childhood tearjerkers.
...both starring Joseph Mazzello.

If you liked The Cure and you haven't seen Simon Birch, I HIGHLY recomend it. It is amazing as well.

"You're tearing me apart!" <3 James Dean
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I was a kid and I watched this with my mom and sister and tried really really hard to hide the fact I was crying. I agree with the guy on another board topic who said 'you have to be inhuman not to be moved by this movie'. really sad that brad renfro died recently in real life. I knew I knew him from something.

I cried & I laughed (few times each ) in this movie...not many of them do that

The saddest scene in this whole movie is when he lets his shoe down the river. Oh my god. I could cry just thinking about it.