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Did anyone else cry?

posted 7 years ago by shibez
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I judge a movie on how good it is on many factors...one, of them being if a movie can make me cry. This one did. It took until the near very last scene but it did. The way the entire family was laying in bed crying and holding hands...I think the mom/wife was laying in the middle,dead...to me it seemed so real...something I would do if someone I loved that much passed on.
Then the last scene where the son goes and lays in his sister's room and just stares at her...sharing a connection that he probably has not felt with his "baby sister's" in such a long time. All because his mom's dying words were if,you do nothing else...look after your baby sister's...and how they looked so much like the mom. If he ever missed her to look at his baby sister's. it was just beautiful.

[–] steamermagee 7 years ago

For a son who somewhat recently lost his mom to cancer I'll say that the movie has a few triggers. The movie captured the mother/son relationship IMO very well and did a good job showing the worry and struggle of losing the crutch you lean on and confide in. The need to have your mom know that she is leaving you in a good place and that you will be ok and that there is no need to worry was also spot on. So yeah I cried, but I'm biased.

[–] MariaMitchell 7 years ago

If anyone managed to make it through this without getting a least a little misty eyed, I'd check them for a pulse.

[–] skb77 7 years ago

I cried a lot. Starting with the son confronting his father until the end. And also spots before that made me tear up. I'm not immune to crying though, in general but this movie I felt should not have been listed as a comedy first. It was sad. But very good.

[–] orb_of_minwu 7 years ago

I have never cried so much from a movie. By the end, I was full-on weeping, still red-eyed and teary well after the credits. Even just reading your post and remembering the scenes is bringing on tears. This was a truly powerful film. Shannon, Plemmons, and the director Chris Kelly deserve Oscars.