| A real tear-jerker is the scene where Madelon, an old woman who has already lost her son and a grandson in the war, offers her last grandson as a soldier. |
| At times, the book is reminiscent of a Victorian tear-jerker. |
| The one that really got me going, though, and far more suitable for my bass-baritone, was a real tear-jerker of the kind we loved way back when. |
| It's not as hokey as a lot of films, and it's not a tear-jerker really, but it's good on more levels than just the jokes, that's for sure. |
| In particular, the latter is a blues-rock tear-jerker with a gentle, memorable chorus. |
| What starts out as a formulaic high school love story of opposites attracting abruptly changes into a maudlin tear-jerker. |
