Manipulatively maudlin movie

• Soap opera, often
• Picture of sorrow?
• Sad movie
• Movie with a very sad ending
• Note fool in rear moving - source of emotional reaction?
• Pathetic play

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ His latest movie is a typical Hollywood tearjerker .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Tearjerker " is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the animated comedy series American Dad! . It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 13, 2008. As the episode follows a story based entirely from a James Bond film, each American ...

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n. an excessively sentimental narrative