Moments in films that make you CRINGE

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I watched Cocktail last night for....reasons mostly involving Bryan Brown please don't judge me

The scene where Tom Cruise makes an entire bar of people listen to him wang on about cocktails in poem form forced me to hide behind a cushion as I was cringing so much. PARTICULARLY when he said the word "snazzy" in what I assume is meant to be a posh English accent at which point I had to leave the room.

Hit me with your other cringe moments in film!

YY to all of

Dirty Dancing
Mamma Mia
Notting Hill
Love Actually

Plus the awful Top Gun especially the singing 'You've got that loving feeling bit' which I actually can't watch.

I absolutely love Love Actually, and it is one of the few things DD and I agree on! We watch it every Christmas, but the one bit I hate is when Martine M comes down the stairs saying "Where the fuck is my fucking coat?" to her parents and little brother and sister!

The animal crackers scene in Arnageddon clinches it for me.

"but the one bit I hate is when Martine M comes down the stairs saying "Where the fuck is my fucking coat?""

That's reminded me of the scene in Planes, Trains and Automobiles when Steve Martin does his, "You can start by wiping that fucking smile off your fucking rosie cheeks... I want a fucking car, right fucking now." I cringe now at the amount of "fucks" because apart from that scene it's a fantastic family film. Obviously he's pissed off, but it seems out of place somehow from the rest of the film.

That's reminded me of the scene in Planes, Trains and Automobiles when Steve Martin does his, "You can start by wiping that fucking smile off your fucking rosie cheeks... I want a fucking car, right fucking now." I cringe now at the amount of "fucks" because apart from that scene it's a fantastic family film. Obviously he's pissed off, but it seems out of place somehow from the rest of the film.
But it's very funny.

Richard Gere doing that stupid dance at the end of No Mercy!

I think it was No Mercy, awful film!

The bit in My Best Friends Wedding where Rupert Everett and all the brides family sing that Dione Warwick song. Don't know why but I can barely watch it!

Titsy, my husband claims that's by far the best bit of the film. The bit that enrages him is Julia Roberts being the world's least convincing (and least publicity-shy) food critic, where she puts a forkful in her mouth with all the waiters and the entire kitchen staff hanging on her every word as she composes her review out loud in mid-chew.

And now I'm 43 it strikes me as hilarious that Julia Roberts and Dermot Whatsit decide that if no one loves them at the grand old age of 27, they'll marry one another

Not sure if it's been mentioned but the scene in Love Actually when the dude (he was also in Teachers) goes round to Kieras house with the boards and tells her he loves her. Barf.

Can't be doing with Kiera.

Robin Hood POT!

Gotta watch that this Xmas, lurve Rick in that one (grunt)

The bit in Bridget Jones films (or indeed any film with a similar scene) where she goes to make a grand speech to Mark and after she says her first few words she realises she's in a room full of people and has to fudge a non-embarrassing story. It's so cringey and not funny.

Not necessarily cringey but always makes me laugh in the otherwise glorious It's a Wonderul Life - after finding out the various horrible things that would've happened had George not been born (poor people in the community, his children not being born, pretty much the whole town utterly miserable) the one thing that seems to push him over the edge is that his wife would end up an "old maid". Never mind your kids not being around and everyone in abject poverty, the worst thing is no one else wants to marry your wife which is the worst thing that can ever happen to a woman

The bit in Titanic, where Rose and Jack find the little boy who's been separated from his father. When Rose says " We can't leave him", it always makes me cringe because it's so obvious. Who would leave a child in that scenario? I hate the way Kate Winslet delivers the line.

The bit in Love Actually, where the little boy (Sam?) goes after Joanna, with his step dad, to tell her he loves her. Who would encourage their 10/11 year old kid to do that, especially dodging airport security!?

Marking my place...I had a good one and forgot.

I never thought about the beckoning scene in Dirty Dancing but eeeurrgghh yes.

All of Mamma Mia. Though tbf to the film I am so allergic to it, never managed to watch more than two consecutive minutes before needing to escape.

The video game montage bit in The Beach, lame.

Most of them have already been said, I think the About a Boy one is the worst. I don't care that it's supposed to be embarrassing for Hugh Grant, it was also supposed to be funny and watchable for the audience but it was just unbearable.

Noooo Stormy, I love that bit of About A Boy. One of my favourite films. For him to do something so awful and embarrassing to take the focus off the boy is a lovely moment.

Every single bit of The Holiday.

Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give - terrible affected laughing/crying while laughing.

The same for Meryl Streep in It's Complicated - lots of throwing back of head and 'hearty/earthy/sexy' laughter.

Re. Mamma Mia, my friend was in Selfridges the other week with her super outgoing in-laws visiting from the US, and her dh and 2 dds.

Emma Thompson walked past and my friend's super outgoing father in law engaged her in conversation lavished her in praise. Apparently she was lovely and chatted to them all for 10 minutes. During the conversation she asked them if they thought she should do Mamma Mia 2 or was it a bit naff (or something along those lines)? So yeah even Emma Thompson thinks Mamma Mia was naff.

I tried to watch Mamma Mia because everyone said it was so amazing. I watched the first 10 minutes, aghast, before turning it off and giving the DVD away. It was just shudderingly awful and made me embarrassed for everyone in it.

That scene in Eat Pray Love where Julia Roberts eats spaghetti. I couldn't watch. In fact, the whole of Eat Pray Love.

Pants, I sometimes think Something's Gotta Give and It's Complicated are the same film. Though you've recalled for me another serious cringe-moment - when Jack Nicholson cuts open Diana Keaton's white poloneck with a scissors in the throes of passion. Urgh!!!! It's also a very nice poloneck in which she looks very nice, and I cared more about it than about whether Jack Nicholson put the moves on DK or not...

And Keanu Reeves is an even less convincing medic than Julia Roberts is a food critic (in My Best Friend's Wedding).

What's that film where John Cusack and Catherine Zeta Jones play film stars who used to be married and have to cover up their acrimonious divorce to promote one last film? There are some horrifying Julia Roberts cringe moments in that, especially the flashback where she's wearing a fat suit, and the fact that John Cusack kisses her anyway is a sign of how nice and non-superficial he is.

Translator, if your friend's FIL did anything to prevent an actress I really like being in the undoubted horror of Mamma Mia 2, then he should get an OBE.

Who liked Mamma Mia? Honestly, isn't it possible to buy an Abba's hits cd without having to watch a rather good cast squawk and do bad dance moves in dungarees??? What can possibly be its mitigating factor for some people? The actresses look as if they're enjoying themselves, generally, but the men look as if they want to die, especially when they have to sing!

I love Steve Martin swearing in T, P and A and I like Harry and Hermione dancing

I fucking hate every single Bridget Jones film in existence. I hate the plank of wood that is Andi MacDowell. And I really fucking hate the lame excuse for a film that is Mamma Mia.

Mamma Mia baffles me. Abba are not Greek for a start, they could have set it in Sweden at least.
So a woman sleeps with three men and doesn't know who the father is? That's Jeremy Kyle stuff.

And just yuk at all the randomly bursting into song, and the male actors especially cannot sing.

I give it half a point because Julie Walters and Leonard from BBT's Mum in.

siege - I had forgotten the polo neck moment! Keanu Reeves as a Dr - hmm. I quite enjoy the films in themselves - I like to fantasise that I am also a successful writer who lives in a beautiful beach/ranch house; but they are chock full of cringe moments. Cushion, at the ready!

The interesting thing about Mamma Mia is that all the women in it are strong and feisty,,and all the men are a little bit......silly. It had the largely female audience in our little local cinema on their feet cheering by the end. And DD said she found it rather empowering as we walked home with the road thronged with groups of women yelling ABBA songs!