Reading all of your comments make me cry! Ricky Schroeder was so believable. His, "I want Champ!" When the older man
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ginda2000 — 16 years ago(December 27, 2009 07:19 PM)
I have to say you are the first person I have ever encountered who wasn't moved to tears by this film. I have seen it about six or seven times since I first viewed it (when I was 10 I'm now 35) and everytime I have tears streaming down my face by the end.
I have never known anyone not watch it and be (for want of a better word) utterly disturbed by it. Without a doubt it's Ricky Schroder's performance throughout the whole picture. You just want to cry at what a dear child he is and how much he loves his flawed father. By the end of the picture you can literally see his heart breaking in front of you and its too much. I don't think I have ever seen another film which upsets me so much. -
Barlley — 16 years ago(April 01, 2010 12:35 PM)
What a movie! I haven't seen a bigger tear-jerker than The Champ. Maybe dead poets society, but the champ what a movie! What's up with the 6.1 rating though? I cried a huge bucket during the end scene "I want Champ". During different parts in the movie I cried too..like you all say it's the biggest tearjerker ever made.
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Tony-166 — 15 years ago(December 31, 2010 05:04 AM)
I love tearjerkers, but this is one film I just cannot watch again. It is just too much. It is a truely great film but even thinking about that ending is making me well up again.
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tcattani — 15 years ago(January 05, 2011 03:28 AM)
I took my now wife to this movie when we first began dating in 1979 in our late teens. I was sure I did a good job maning up, but I suspect I failed miserably. Nobody gets that much dust in their eyes! Anyway, she was a trooper and let me pretend.
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lakingsnake — 14 years ago(October 25, 2011 01:35 PM)
That's hysterical tcattani! Dust helps excuse the tears, but how do you account for the whimpering which is what I did?
In 41 years, I've never cried over a movie except this one.
The whole family was watching it on the TV when I was about 10 and like you, I did my best to be a man and hold back but emotions got the best of me. The room was quiet when the sniffling started, then came the tears and I knew I was a goner.
Once the tears started rolling, I unleashed uncontrollable sobbing to the point of barely being able to catch a breath. I cried so hard, I gave myself a nosebleed, which I was prone to anyway.
Rick Schroeder is the only actor in Hollywood who's been able to make me cry with his performance. -
rena165129 — 11 years ago(February 10, 2015 10:02 AM)
I cried the first time I watched this movie (I was about 10)and just recently I watched the ending on youtube and started bawling
Ricky Schroeder did such an amazing job in this movie.
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RothmanMax — 9 years ago(July 03, 2016 03:30 AM)
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