Did any guy tear up during this film?
I did.
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i have yet to see it, why did this make you cry??? is it anything like the Elephant Man. cus thats the one film that made me cry.
As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster - Henry Hill
Every time I see this movie...
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Everytime I see it, yes, I tear up.
shareCry no, but puke yes. Awful mawkish crap and Sissy Spacek always do that to me.
That said, I do sometimes cry at movies: "The Son's Room," with and by Nanni Moretti, for example.
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Hell yes re: "The Son's Room". On the second viewing anyway, but not on the first, oddly enough.
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I suppose on a clear day you can see the class struggle from here.
yes it brought tears to my eyes. The Saint of Fort Washington, Harry and Tonto did also. All great movies
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I just saw this for the first time on TVO and Richard Farnsworth's performance just tore me up.
There were lots of emotional scenes in it for me but the real tearjerker was the end when his brother looks at the lawn mower and before he says anything there are tears in his eyes and you know exactly what he is thinking - that Alvin has made all that effort to come and see him and the past differences between them have been washed away in that one moment.
A beautiful film.
Lynch really did that scene well I thought. It doesn't drag out either.
shareOh hell, yeah! And not just once but many times (probably 5 or six times) throughout the film.
The ending with Harry Dean Stanton's tearful scene... yes... the bar scene with the two aged characters talking about the war... yes... Rosie's story of losing her kids... yes... Really, anytime Straight talked about his life or extended his thanks for someone's courtesy... yes, it had me.
I don't think it has anything with being a guy (i.e. too tough to cry syndrome) but Farsworth constantly shows himself poised to cry so it's hard not to empathize. Also the dialogue and delivery seems to genuine throughout the film that there's never a moment of potentially maudlin glycerin tears. I never felt like I was suckered into a false response.