This part gets me everytime!
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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.
Clairee Belcher -
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
of a recovery for me. I'm still sad but starting to pull myself together. But then that music starts. -
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. -
oscars075-1 — 13 years ago(September 18, 2012 07:30 AM)
The part that gets me is when Jeff Daniels finally breaks down at the end, sitting next to Patsy on the bench in the backyard, that was it for me. I had held it together long enough.
This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time. - Fight Club -
onepotato2 — 13 years ago(October 28, 2012 06:57 PM)
I haven't been able to watch this since a loved one died a couple years back. It's just too real. It felt exactly like this movie.
The scene where Aurora returns to the crappy hotel and wordlessly breaks down on the stairs is the saddest scene for me. She finally knows there's nothing she can do to stop things, and despite her strong, high-voltage personality; she's powerless. -
GaiaClaire — 13 years ago(January 18, 2013 06:50 PM)
I'm surprised no one mentioned the scene where Aurora first finds out about Emma's illness. She's at home and she has just hung up the phone after the call. She clenches her hands and her eyes. She stands up, and reaches out to Rosie and says something along the lines of "RosieRosieour girl is in trouble" Aggggjust typing it out and thinking about the scene makes my eyes water. Her body language and voice were just so ANGUISHED. I had a phone call like that from my fatherjust anguish is the best word I can think of.
Oh, goodbye mama. I'll never do dishes again.
