Word: gumpmania
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...face." This is the common testimony: cheering and tearing. "People cheered at our audience-research sessions," says Finerman, "so we knew we had something. What amazed us was that all four quadrants -- older men and women, younger men and women -- wanted to see it." That's another clue to Gumpmania: it's a movie that makes grown men cry. From I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang to Field of Dreams, the male weepie has been a dependable genre. And Gump, to its credit, is not one of those cry-by-night (but you hate yourself in the morning...
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