Movie

Tear Jar

2008 · 110 min

A quiet, heavy watch that sits with you, all unsaid feeling and slow ache.

Overview: A magazine editor loses his wife to cancer and he keeps her ashes in a jar. When he begins dating her sister, he becomes overwhelmed with guilt.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, guilt, love, betrayal
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
guilt
love
betrayal
family
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild