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[DanteFox]

So I'm watching the last season of Better Call Saul and the actress who plays Kim Wexler is really phenomenal. There are some really emotional moments that she has to carry and she does so in an extremely adept way. A lot of crying scenes in film tend to be less believable, depending on the actor who's doing it, but a believable scene separates the good actors from the otherworldly ones. What are some scenes where the crying is fully believable and looks realistic?

 

[cormack12]

 

[FatallyYours]

 

[cash_longfellow]

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[phaedrus]

 

[Kenneth Haight]

 

[Doom85]

Always loved this scene.




And honestly, I also love Heather’s video confession in Blair Witch Project. Yes, it’s been parodied to death, and people mock the snot, but she really sells the idea that this is someone on the verge of a mental breakdown due to extreme fear and stress, exhaustion, little sleep, etc.

 

[rogr rogr]

Babies are really good on that matter.

 

[WhatDidHeSay?]

Came in for Dawson's Creek.

Thread disappoints.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Also in BCS (penultimate episode spoiler):

Spoiler

When Kim breaks down on the airport shuttle after confessing to Howard's wife. Gatdamn Rhea...

 

[Putonahappyface]

 

[Outpost #31]

Florence Pugh in Midsommar
Probably the best i have ever seen
Gave me chills and reminded me of family members crying at funerals. It immediately gave me flashbacks to seeing my mom crying intensely when my dad passed away.

Great film and an excellent performance overall. One of the best in the business right now IMHO.

 

[Rat Rage]

So I'm watching the last season of Better Call Saul and the actress who plays Kim Wexler is really phenomenal. There are some really emotional moments that she has to carry and she does so in an extremely adept way. A lot of crying scenes in film tend to be less believable, depending on the actor who's doing it, but a believable scene separates the good actors from the otherworldly ones. What are some scenes where the crying is fully believable and looks realistic?

 

[OverHeat]

Google « irréversible « rape scene

 

[ManaByte]

 

[12Goblins]

Florence Pugh in Midsommar
Probably the best i have ever seen
Gave me chills and reminded me of family members crying at funerals. It immediately gave me flashbacks to seeing my mom crying intensely when my dad passed away.

Great film and an excellent performance overall. One of the best in the business right now IMHO.

So fucked up.

 

[12Goblins]

My vote, Adele from blue is the warmest color

 

[ItsGreat]

And that was only the audition.

 

[John Marston]

I wonder if John Cryer had any good crying scenes.

 

[rofif]

The tears are not in the movie. The tears are in you


And this... damn... best acting ever. The movie is almost unwatchable it's so sad. amazing


I would post Notebook but that's cheating

 

[Putonahappyface]

The tears are not in the movie. The tears are in you


And this... damn... best acting ever. The movie is almost unwatchable it's so sad. amazing


I would post Notebook but that's cheating

The scene in The Father where Anthony Hopkins character is slapped genuinely made me homicidal. Amazing acting from a legendary actor.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Interstellar always sets me off.

 

[mitch1971]

My vote, Adele from blue is the warmest color

wow.

 

[Aesius]

Toni Collette in The Sixth Sense

 

[rofif]

The scene in The Father where Anthony Hopkins character is slapped genuinely made me homicidal. Amazing acting from a legendary actor.

yes this scene.... christ.... makes my eyes bawl out


I've watched that movie and then invited my parents over because I know they like a good movie.
They were bawling their eyes out.... maybe it was a bad choice to show them the movie.

but nothing as much as Hachiko. My mother cried for a whole week straight after that movie. I called here and she cried.. like 4 days after watching a movie lol.
I need to see that film again

 

[kruis]

My vote, Adele from blue is the warmest color

This is an acting masterclass.

 

[mitch1971]

And this... damn... best acting ever. The movie is almost unwatchable it's so sad. amazing

As someone who, until 3 months ago, had to look after my Mum 24/7 for 8 years, who had painful ailments and ever increasing dementia, that was a hard watch. She mentions her mum occasionally, too, in the same vein, even though her mother died 30 years ago. Luckily she is in a home not far away, who's staff are really good. She enjoys herself; though she has her ups and down because of the dementia. I don't think I could watch that film, fully, knowing of the experience.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Just my opinion but I'd differently put Matthew Mcconaughey up there with some of the very best actors and actresses.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Toni Collette in Hereditary after THAT happens. Sounded raw, real, and absolutely gut-wrenching. She should've won an Oscar but didn't. Maybe because it wasn't a "showy" performance

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

 

[Azzurri]

GOAT

 

[Power Pro]

Tom Hanks is one of the GOATs

 

[Jaybe]

 

[Come On Tars]

Doesn't get more heartbreaking and subtle than 1:50 for me

 

[MastAndo]

 

[newtypepilot]

 

[IDKFA]

 

[Nobody_Important]

House of The Dragon the thread.

 

[INC]

 

[gaming_again]

Interstellar. Nobody with a child can watch that scene and stay calm.

Well if they can then their kids need to be taken away from them faster than if Biden had walked into the room.

 

[k_trout]

 

[V1LÆM]

So fucked up.

Florence Pugh in Midsommar
Probably the best i have ever seen
Gave me chills and reminded me of family members crying at funerals. It immediately gave me flashbacks to seeing my mom crying intensely when my dad passed away.

Great film and an excellent performance overall. One of the best in the business right now IMHO.

that's the scene i immediately thought of. she absolutely nailed that scene. it's that kind of cry you hear/make when you're in so much pain and grieving for someone. it reminded me of crying over my dad. florence is an amazing actress and i know shit about acting but i don't think that's something you can fake.

also while we're on Midsommar there is a similar scene in Hereditary (also by Ari Aster):

The tears are not in the movie. The tears are in you


And this... damn... best acting ever. The movie is almost unwatchable it's so sad. amazing


I would post Notebook but that's cheating

omg i just watched The Father a couple weeks ago. i fucking broke down. reminded me so much of my Grandad is his final years. it goes without saying really but Anthony Hopkins is a legendary actor.

 

[thefool]

Interstellar always sets me off.

 

[The Rain King]

Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain.

 

[Punished Miku]

 

[Doom85]

Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain.

LMAO, I’ve seen this Michelle in quite a few films, yet (and I’ve made this mix-up before) reading that I was initially all, “one of the Destiny’s Child ladies was in Brokeback Mountain?!”

 

[GymWolf]

Probably me after watching the last jedi.

 

[UnNamed]

This video cracks me up every time.

 

[ahtlas7]