Slang a sad, often maudlin film
weepie
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weepie
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InformalA work, especially a film or play, that is excessively sentimental.
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Noun
(plural weepies)
- (colloquial or nonstandard) A sad or sentimental film, often portraying troubled romance, designed to elicit a tearfully emotional response from its audience.
- Talented filmmaker Susanne Bier [...] keeps control over the storms of melodrama that swirl in this rich weepie, a 2006 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. "” Review of After the Wedding
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From weep.
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