I really need to pull myself together.
Only a couple of months after wanting to break out in a round of applause at the end of War Horse, I felt water in my eye as the credits rolled on We Bought A Zoo.
I am, it seems, a sucker for schmaltz. 
Of course, the great thing about Cameron Crowe's film is that it is based on a true story.
Well, when I say based.... the real zoo is near Plymouth in Devon England and not in Southern California.
The real Katherine Mee was on board with the zoo project but died not long after the family moved in and the Mee's children were six and four and not seven and 14.
But the principles are right... there is a real Benjamin Mee and Dartmoor Zoo in one of the leaders in its field.
Anyway, back to the film in which Matt Damon, who seems to have slapped on a few pounds since entering his 40s, plays Mee.
In the film, he tries to make the zoo a distraction from the recent death of his wife and at the same time engage his morose son (Colin Ford) and impish daughter (Maggie Elizabeth Jones).
The trouble is that things don't exactly run to plan.
His son can't stand the idea and the zoo is hemmorhaging cash and is hopelessly rundown.
But Mee refuses to cave in and it is his fight to make life work out, no matter how severe the blows, which causes the welling up later on.
Damon is not the world's greatest actor but he is striving to show how versatile he is,. This touchy-feely role is a million miles from Jason Bourne.
Meanwhile, he is supported by an unusually feisty performance from Scarlett Johnansson, who plays the head zookeeper.
Much of the plaudits, however, should go to Ford and Jones. Ford does a very neat line in moody and Jones has to be the cutest kid in an film this year.
The camera seems to dwell on her, knowing that she will pull the perfect face or melt hearts with her lines.
But she also looks incredibly like Ella Mee in when she was very young.
Of course, it being a film packed with animals, they provide some giggles too.
I found it a film of humour and pathos. True, it is schmaltzy but not enough to make the audience sick. It is a proper tearjerker.
Laughs: a fair few chortles
Jumps: Surprisingly, three good ones
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 8/10