A nice film about a Pierce Brosnan, family relationships and a great white gorilla who communicates in sign-language sounds like just the kind of heartstring-tugging material the world needs right now. ❋ Unknown (2008)
And Leclère, with fiendish ken, seemed to divine each particular nerve and heartstring, and with long wails and tremblings and sobbing minors to make it yield up its last shred of grief. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Samaranch, who ran the IOC from 1980-2001, offered up a heartstring-pulling argument during Madrid's presentation, saying: I know that I am very near the end of my time. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The only redeeming element found in this sensationalistic, heartstring exploitation is the performance of Lowe. ❋ Chris Krapek (2012)
Fans of Oprah Winfrey's brand of feel-good, heartstring-tugging programming got a week-late Christmas present on New Year's Day, as the daytime queen's eponymous cable network, OWN, finally hit the air. ❋ Unknown (2011)
He heads straight for "This Woman's Work", the guaranteed tear jerker, the backstory heartstring plucker, the most "believable" song a guy with a new baby could ever sing. ❋ Unknown (2010)
From an injured baby dolphin to a baby monkey riding a baby boar, and countless newborn pandas, gorillas, tigers, lions and so much more -- we've brought you the most heartstring-yanking pictures. ❋ The Huffington Post (2010)
LOVE-ly! good thing oprah is on hand b/c nothing plucks a heartstring more than tree-trauma. ❋ Unknown (2010)
She is soulful. she is talent. she is heartwrenching and heartwarming and heartstring-tugging. she is brilliant. ❋ Ashley R (2009)
He resorts, whenever possible, to formulaic plot devices that constrain a potentially remarkable story to a dull, plodding, heartstring-tugging wartime thriller. ❋ Ed Howard (2009)
It's just another indication of the film's tonal confusion, its insistence on finding genuine drama in absurd genre clichés, its mingling of amateur acting, a hilariously inventive racist vocabulary, and melodramatic heartstring-tugging. ❋ Ed Howard (2009)
The second song, “Old Hat,” sounds every bit as downtrodden as a pedal steel can bend a heartstring. ❋ Unknown (2009)
And the king of the heartstring of connectedness is my friend Richard Ayoub. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Was she reaching for some sort of high moral ground, or just trying to tug an emotional heartstring in her boomer constintuency, or most likely simply associating her campaign with the dead folk-hero. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Wow, Ken, every post of yours here is a heartstring-tugger. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Though this film sometimes attempts to manipulate the viewer by pulling on every heartstring it can, I must say that it is done fantastically. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Guy 1: That [seriously] [hurts] my heartstrings, dude.
Guy 2: *[Blank Stare]* Gay ❋ Warden Kaine (2007)
[Lyra heartstrings] [is best] [pony]. ❋ Widget Master (2019)
[Lyra] Heartstrings' first appearance is in [Friendship is Magic], part 1 in [Canterlot], where she walks with Amethyst Star and waves to Twilight Sparkle. ❋ FalseLyra (2017)
