# I cry at the movies more than anyone who isn't mentally ill. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734 "2008-08-03T20:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/21 "2008-08-04T03:04:54Z")
I recently got teary-eyed watching an episode of _The Vicar of Dibley_. ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/22 "2008-08-04T03:06:09Z")
I cry all kinds of tears at movies. Of course, I am mentally ill, so that may affect it. Most recently I sobbed through half of Mamma Mia! even though I liked it. It was just where my emotions were that day, so many things triggered the tears. ---
**Author:** ![DellieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DellieM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DellieM)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/23 "2008-08-04T03:07:13Z")
I cried watching a home movie shown at a funeral today for someone I’ve only met twice ten years ago. (I was married to his son-in-law’s brother once). It was set to “Those Were The Days”. Yeah - howling big time. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/24 "2008-08-04T03:09:53Z")
I cry at weddings that I see on TV. Even if it’s not a show I follow and I have no idea who the characters are. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/25 "2008-08-04T03:23:01Z")
I have to admit to getting a bit teary-eyed every time Steve McQueen makes that jump over the fence into Switzerland. I know that he’s not going to make it, and indeed, is almost three decades dead, but still, he’s so very, very close to freedom. But then I whistle Elmer Bernstein’s theme, and I’m happy again. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/26 "2008-08-04T04:11:49Z")
[QUOTE=Caricci] [QUOTE=Stoid] I cried loud, loud sobs in the movie theater at “I Am Legend”. [/QUOTE] I was goddamn hysterical. At THAT moment… god…talk about emotional porn!! Holy shit… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/27 "2008-08-04T04:29:19Z")
Has anyone seen _To Walk With Lions_? I haven’t finished watching it yet because I got to the elephant poaching scene and was so racked with sobs and so completely overwhelmed that I had to stop the movie and I haven’t had the courage to go back to it since. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/28 "2008-08-04T04:38:18Z")
[QUOTE=Stoid] [QUOTE=Caricci] I was goddamn hysterical. At THAT moment… god…talk about emotional porn!! Holy shit… [/QUOTE] Crying at THAT part of I am legend is a very normal reaction, i don’t think any pet owner could get through that without getting misty eyed. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/29 "2008-08-04T04:46:51Z")
[QUOTE=DigitalC] [QUOTE=Stoid] Crying at THAT part of I am legend is a very normal reaction, i don’t think any pet owner could get through that without getting misty eyed. [/QUOTE] Uhoh. I guess I’m not renting THAT movie. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/30 "2008-08-04T05:10:10Z")
I cannot watch ANY portion of Animals Cops (Don’t think its the title but its close enough) on Animal Planet without falling apart. Just can’t stand it. Won’t be in the room when it comes on and yell at people who put it on. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/31 "2008-08-04T09:00:32Z")
I am a basket case in real life, but I don’t usually cry at movies. **Last Tango in Paris** made me cry. That was a long time ago. It has to be something really personal and memorable. I think the most emotionally powerful movie that I have seen was **Schindler’s List**. Just blew me away. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/32 "2008-08-04T09:29:21Z")
[QUOTE=Harriet the Spry] Have once cried at a Cheech and Chong movie… In Born in East L.A., there’s a little boy who steals a piece of fruit from a fruitstand, and his mom makes him give it back. It was awfully sad at the time. [/QUOTE] Tommy wasn’t in that one. But I did cry when the character played by Cheech Marin gave up his place in the _coyote’s_ truck to a woman whose husband was going north. Right when he said “_Vaya con Dios_.” ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/33 "2008-08-04T10:36:06Z")
I saw _Click_ as well, expecting a normal, run-of-the-mil, stupid Adam Sandler comedy. Boy, was I wrong. I don’t understand why they marketed it as such while it is basically a sci-fi drama. It was absolutely one of the saddest movies I had seen in years. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/34 "2008-08-04T13:48:32Z")
I cry every time I see myself naked. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/35 "2008-08-04T14:28:01Z")
Add me to the locked ward, because I bawled through about half of _MammaMia!_ I cry very easily at movies. I used to cry easily while reading books, but now it takes quite a bit for me to do so. I think it’s the music in films as well as the fact that basically we’re watching people–true, they are actors playing parts, but the human face and voice show expression in limited ways. I also tend to identify too strongly with main characters (when I do so that is). I didn’t cry at _Wall E_, which surprised me. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/36 "2008-08-04T14:54:16Z")
I cry at the end of Armageddon (the Bruce Willis asteroid smashing into earth crapfest) every single time i happen to catch it. At the end, when Bruce Willis is talking to Liv Tyler, and telling her goodbye and it’s all very cheesy in a Jerry Bruckheimer kind of way, I bawl like an infant. I’m a 27 year old male, btw. This is the kind of shit that keeps my demographic up at night wondering if Dad was right about them… ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/37 "2008-08-04T15:41:40Z")
[QUOTE=SuntanTigerTamer] I cry at the end of Armageddon (the Bruce Willis asteroid smashing into earth crapfest) every single time i happen to catch it. At the end, when Bruce Willis is talking to Liv Tyler, and telling her goodbye and it’s all very cheesy in a Jerry Bruckheimer kind of way, I bawl like an infant. I’m a 27 year old male, btw. This is the kind of shit that keeps my demographic up at night wondering if Dad was right about them… [/QUOTE] Crying men in their 20s unite, you have nothing to lose but your manhood. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/38 "2008-08-04T17:19:18Z")
I think men uniting was what Dad was so worried about… ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/39 "2008-08-04T18:48:33Z")
My wife will bawl her eyes out at just about anything. I’m don’t cry a lot at movies, but there are a few that always get the tears flowing. Perhaps the worst, for me, is a little drama/comedy called _My Girl_, starring Anna Chlumsky, McCauley Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, and Jamie Lee Curtis. I challenge anyone to watch that film without blubbering. _Once Were Warriors_ gets me teary, and i find the Middle Passage scene in _Amistad_ pretty gruelling. I know there are others, but none come to mind right now. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cry-at-the-movies-more-than-anyone-who-isnt-mentally-ill/458734/40 "2008-08-04T18:53:31Z")
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