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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 47623" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I tend to avoid weepy movies.</p><p></p><p>What about "Sophie's Choice"?</p><p></p><p>Back when I was in school, "Love Story" was the big weepie. "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" in the last scene - another one that had me blubbering.</p><p></p><p>Aussie stuff - John Meillon in "The Fourth Wish" where he is trying to grant the wishes of his dying son. It could have been such glurge, but it wasn't, thanks to the lead actor who was a brilliant man.</p><p></p><p>Aussie TV still talks about the episode of "A Country Practice" where Molly died. It was a TV series, not so much soapie as weekly episodes with some continuance of characters, which dealt with the issues of a country medical practice and vet practice, in an Australian country setting. Molly was the nutty, eccentric wife of a male nurse. She was in so many storylines that were fun - she was borderline hippie, but when she was leaving the series they gave her character leukemia. They took months to deal with it, including sessions of chemo, remission and the whole issue of how you cope. It was handled very well indeed, no overdone sentimentality which I think made it even harder to watch. Her character had a little girl who was about three at the time - seeing how they dealt with telling a child that mummy is dying - absolutely brilliant, but heart-rending television.</p><p></p><p>That episode still holds the record for the highest rating ever, on the night it screened. 22 years ago. If you ever get the chance to see it - do try. It might be floating around on cable somewhere. It was generally human interest, quite funny stuff, which made episodes like this all the more realistic.</p><p></p><p>I accept that all the movies listed so far are 10 hankie weepers, but Molly's death beats them all. And that's saying something. But it's still worth watching, because it's so well done, so brilliant. And I hate watching weepies.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 47623, member: 1991"] I tend to avoid weepy movies. What about "Sophie's Choice"? Back when I was in school, "Love Story" was the big weepie. "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" in the last scene - another one that had me blubbering. Aussie stuff - John Meillon in "The Fourth Wish" where he is trying to grant the wishes of his dying son. It could have been such glurge, but it wasn't, thanks to the lead actor who was a brilliant man. Aussie TV still talks about the episode of "A Country Practice" where Molly died. It was a TV series, not so much soapie as weekly episodes with some continuance of characters, which dealt with the issues of a country medical practice and vet practice, in an Australian country setting. Molly was the nutty, eccentric wife of a male nurse. She was in so many storylines that were fun - she was borderline hippie, but when she was leaving the series they gave her character leukemia. They took months to deal with it, including sessions of chemo, remission and the whole issue of how you cope. It was handled very well indeed, no overdone sentimentality which I think made it even harder to watch. Her character had a little girl who was about three at the time - seeing how they dealt with telling a child that mummy is dying - absolutely brilliant, but heart-rending television. That episode still holds the record for the highest rating ever, on the night it screened. 22 years ago. If you ever get the chance to see it - do try. It might be floating around on cable somewhere. It was generally human interest, quite funny stuff, which made episodes like this all the more realistic. I accept that all the movies listed so far are 10 hankie weepers, but Molly's death beats them all. And that's saying something. But it's still worth watching, because it's so well done, so brilliant. And I hate watching weepies. Marg [/QUOTE]
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