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die Schnulze (-n)  tearjerker (movie, play, TV), schmaltzy/kitschy book/film/song

Wenn Sie mir eine Schnulze zeigen, bei der ich nicht nach den ersten fünf Seiten weiß, wie die Geschichte endet, schicken Sie mir das Drehbuch gern zu. (George Clooney im Interview)
If you can show me a tearjerker where I don't know after the first five pages how the story ends, feel free to send me the script. (George Clooney, in a German magazine interview)

Related: schnulzig schmaltzy, soppy

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