Cryfest

The Sin of Madelon Claudet was another hugely successful exemplar of the crime-and-punishment cryfests that shopgirls and housewives took to heart.

But if heartfelt, sensitive, talky, emotional cryfests have become scarce at the multiplex, we also have seen the rise of the He-Woman, the battling babe who can tote that gun and sling that punch and close that business deal.

Main songwriter and pianist Dan Messe makes each song a regret-soaked cryfest, […]

Knowing that I had but seconds left before my kid exploded into a full-blown cryfest and knowing that I absolutely had to have an article of clothing that could camouflage baby barf, I raced to the register with my sapling tucked under my arm.

Tears were a part of who he was. But this wasn't the usual cryfest. It was a deluge.

Her eyes were raw and crusted from her big cryfest the day before, which had lasted late into the evening.