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Definition 2024

weepie ‎(plural weepies)

(colloquial) 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