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jerker

NOUN
  1. someone who gives a strong sudden pull

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  • When her character (played by Winona Ryder) leaves the psychiatric institution never to return, the film takes a turn toward the tear-jerker.
  • Directed by Aroona Irani who also acts in it, its hour long-episodes have of late been hitting enough of an emotional pitch to delight those who love a well-made tear-jerker.
  • At times, the book is reminiscent of a Victorian tear-jerker.
  • The concluding episode was a total tearjerker and had brilliant writing and acting. The Sun
  • What starts out as a formulaic high school love story of opposites attracting abruptly changes into a maudlin tear-jerker.
  • Now for the two: The Field of Dreams clip is a tear-jerker, and from one of the two or three best baseball pictures ever; the Psycho Shower Scene is a true watershed in American filmmaking — the younger horror film watchers today, with their virtual immersion in sex and gore, simply have no true idea of the impact this scene had when it was first released. Quick Hits – Incredible Hercules #126, Hulk #10, Star Trek: Countdown #2, and More
  • I think I may give the Victorian tear-jerkers a miss from now on, though, and turn to some good, sigh-raising Torch Songs.
  • That's pretty good for what some critics considered a mere "potboiler" or "tearjerker" -- but had it been just that, it wouldn't have had the impact that it had. Thomas Gladysz: A Lost Girl, a Fake Diary, and a Forgotten Author
  • Grab the tissues, because this is a tearjerker all too close to home. The Sun
  • It's not that the movie was sappy or even a tear-jerker.
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