weepie
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of weepie
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He noted how there were "giant laughs for Hugh Grant" but that the "weepie sequel is strangely dazed".
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2025
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield elevate this weepie directed by John Crowley, but the movie’s jumbled timeline distances you from their anguish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
Yes, “We Live in Time” is a weepie, though it’s worth wondering if director John Crowley and screenwriter Nick Payne would embrace that label.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
It refuses to build to the kind of operatic weepie Brown himself wouldn’t respect.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
This struggle tortures Cameron, and Ali is good at conveying it, but “Swan Song” is more of a philosophical weepie than a thriller.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2021
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