tearjerking

David Cameron even makes patriotic, tearjerking speeches to "stir a spirit of national unity and resolve", as if this were a giant episode of Children in Need.

Watch Nick Clegg's lips? I'd rather not Victoria Coren 2010

This is a show that deals in passion and backstory as much as bricks and mortar and so far this season there have been some admirable, even some tearjerking moments – unfamiliar territory for Kevin McCloud and his permanently-raised eyebrow.

Tonight's TV highlights Andrew Mueller 2010

Unfortunately, there's a catch, and it, too, is big: "War Horse" is the most shameless piece of tearjerking to hit Broadway since "The Sound of Music."

Manipulated Puppets, Manipulated Tears Terry Teachout 2011

The acting is peerless throughout (Maggie Smith has several lovely grace notes), and there are indeed scenes of genuine power and tearjerking emotion (prepare to weep when Harry pulls out the 'ressurection stone' in a key moment).

Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II Scott Mendelson 2011

It's sunny travelogue fare, hobbled somewhat by the antipodean Christopher Egan's rubbish posh-Brit accent, but rescued at every turn by Redgrave's peculiarly tearjerking presence.

Mark Kermode's DVD round-up Mark Kermode 2010

On another, their tuneful but melancholic compositions make them a kind of hip Coldplay, the songs used to tearjerking effect in that covert breaker of emerging mainstream talent, US TV drama Grey's Anatomy.

This week's new live music 2011

If he had a penchant for tearjerking ballads and crude pathos, this merely reinforces a feeling that his career was somehow spent out of its correct time.

Sir Norman Wisdom obituary Stephen Dixon 2010

A prequel to his best-selling debut, 2007's Love is a Mixtape (the sincere, tearjerking tale of the loss of his first wife), Talking To Girls explores lighter material from Sheffield's youth -- namely anything and everything pubescent boys need to know about how to interact with the opposite sex -- including dating etiquette and grandma's advice (with input from Ray Parker, Jr., of course) about table manners and toilet paper.

Kristi York Wooten: A Girl Talks to Rob Sheffield about Duran Duran (and His New Book) 2010

A prequel to his best-selling debut, 2007's Love is a Mixtape (the sincere, tearjerking tale of the loss of his first wife), Talking To Girls explores lighter material from Sheffield's youth -- namely anything and everything pubescent boys need to know about how to interact with the opposite sex -- including dating etiquette and grandma's advice (with input from Ray Parker, Jr., of course) about table manners and toilet paper.

Kristi York Wooten: A Girl Talks to Rob Sheffield about Duran Duran (and His New Book) 2010

This was an overstatement: it was never tearjerking or painful.

Men's Hour kicks off with Louie Spence's digestion woes 2010