| It reached deep inside, plucking at the heartstrings, moving everyone's souls. |
| The problem with weepy movies much of the time is that they're made to tug at your heartstrings, and they use every trick in the book to do so. |
| They unabashedly explain the techniques they use to tug at viewers' heartstrings. |
| Why must he tug on my heartstrings, moving me to tears, when there could be no redemption, no saving me? |
| The emotions always seems real and spontaneous rather than cunningly manipulated to pull out the heartstrings. |
| This plodding, wandering, disconnected story pulls out every melodramatic stop to tug at your heartstrings. |
