This part gets me everytime!
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mathmaniac — 17 years ago(September 30, 2008 07:16 PM)
That scene 'Evening Star' is wonderful - the one where Aurora visits Tommy in prison. He always blows her off. He's always rude to her and she has so much emotionally invested in him but she takes whatever he gives her. She shows up at the prison regularly even though he sits there in sullen silence.
He's her beloved grandson and she can just show up time after time - it reminds me of the way she always called her daughter even though they locked horns over every little thing.
When she gives Tommy the box of brownies, he's used to that and just acts like he will automatically throw it away, as usual.
He is walking away and she says, 'There's a file inside' with her head turned away from him. As if it's a wry joke. Even the audience thinks it's a joke. Until he throws the box of brownies at the guy in the bed next door and the guy opens the box and finds the file. A cardboard file for papers. Inside are the sweet pictures of Tommy when he was a little kid with his mom. When he starts crying, it makes me tear up too also to think that he might never have gotten the file (passing the trash, you can almost see him restrain himself from throwing the brownies directly in the can). -
OldFriendOfTheChristys — 9 years ago(May 09, 2016 01:17 PM)
The part where Emma says "I thought it went really well, didn't you?" And the littlest boy tries his hardest to nod and not to cry, and begins to anyway.I bust out crying like a spigot every single time.
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browniiz-1 — 17 years ago(September 26, 2008 08:21 PM)
This is my all time favorite movie. When I saw it in the theater I was at the same time of life as Debra and the kids in very much the same circumstances, minus the cancer.
Her saying goodbye to her kids was more than I could handle, especially that cute little boy who tried so hard not to cry. I have seen this movie countless times and I break down every time. What performances! What a movie! -
SexyBrazilian_Muse — 17 years ago(October 01, 2008 08:08 PM)
That scene tore me apart. I was just a kid when I saw this in the theater with my Mother, sister and Grandmother. I will never forget, ever seeing this movie. It was packed with a very diverse audience. There was a an older couple sitting next to me and a younger couple where my sister was to my left. I remember laughing hysterically throughout the first half of the movie, and crying hysterically throughout the last part of the movie and I mean boo-hooing with noise. When I looked around there was not a dry face in the whole theater. Grown men, women, kids, elderly, all crying. My goodness thats when you realize how good a film is. I was very lucky that even at a young age my Mother introduced me to the best music and movies. She had good taste in both and her interest were vast. This movie made me love Shirley McClaine since..and I've watched her and Debra in every movie since then. On a sidenote I also thought they both should have won an Oscar that year for their performance. They both "deserved" it.
My favorite scene in the whole movie is when Debra finds out about the cancer and Aurora is at the hospital talking with the doctor.
Doctor: I always tell everyone to hope for the best and expect the worse.
Aurora: And they let you get away with that?
Doctor: Look it is not good to seem so desperate, or to let her see your desperation (can't remember what he said verbatim but then they cut to where Patsy and Aurora comes into the room where Emma is Smiling)..
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IhAvEaPhDinTV — 9 years ago(July 25, 2016 07:58 AM)
I love those two scenes as well. The doctor basically telling them to keep a strait face keep positive, they both go in her hospital room like false clown smiles and then the best moment is Debra Winger goes what now? lol and immediately Shirley Mcclaine is like oh crap the jig is up she cant see thru our bull beep lol. great acting. even better comedic timing.
nailed this movie these two.
oh and yes, Flap is a jerky simpleton in this. very realistic, the cheating , the circumstance, these were unglamorous real people. but I LOVE Jeff Daniels as a n actor and a speaker. this movie is on its own, i like that they didnt cast who they originally intended. who knew scheduling could play such a huge part in the result of how a film can relate to people.
I was closin in on another BarBarian! -
misseslovegood — 17 years ago(November 01, 2008 04:48 AM)
I never thought of it as a "Goodbye, I love you" kind of face. It's more a feeling like, "This is it, it's happening, here I go". Aurora just happened to be awake to see it. You could tell the mix of feeling and emotion in her face, she didn't say anything but it just catches you and you can see it. It was a really emotional scene.
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joeperrysbabe — 17 years ago(December 04, 2008 10:06 PM)
I just watched the scene on YOUtube (and yes, i am in tears) where Emma passes away and from what i got, Emma turns her head and sees her mom and i think the look she gave told her mom that she was glad she was there and then the next instant she feels herself dying and you could see an instant of fear-and then peace. That made me cry even more. She was in pain and suffering from the cancer, but when death finally came, she was frightened for just a second. It shows that no matter how prepared u think you are for the moment you pass (given that you know you're passing) sometimes you're really not. Maybe that sounds crazy to some of you, but that's what i got from it.
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flickfreakchick — 15 years ago(April 09, 2010 11:21 AM)
After seeing this moving too many times to count, just hearing the music can reduce me to tears. I actually try not to watch the end because it's just so sad, it's like I don't need to see it again and again. Too much sadness for my heart.
Our ability to accessorize is what separates us from the animals.
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OldFriendOfTheChristys — 9 years ago(May 09, 2016 01:22 PM)
After seeing this moving too many times to count, just hearing the music can reduce me to tears.
The music that gets me the most is the piece that plays over the closing credits. The post-funeral scene serves as
somewhat
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sirjeremy — 13 years ago(May 04, 2012 03:03 PM)
Just before then, when she says goodbye to everyone, well that's what makes me cry every time. The music score is one of my favourites but Brooks wisely chooses not to use it in these scenes and let the actors and his words do their magic. I start losing it when Patsy tells Emma she's her 'touchstone' and I'm half way to an emotional breakdown when Emma tells Tommy not to feel bad that he never told her he loved her because she knows. So, so heartbreaking. Aurora's breakdown with Flap when Emma passes is also genuinely deeply moving because it's so honest - there's truly
nothing
harder than losing your child. Anyone who remains impassive here whilst watching must have a heart of stone.
A beautifully done ten minutes of movie-making.
