I went in with Cheebs' messages fresh in my mind, chuckling to myself and thinking of all the GAFers I'd be trolling in 3 hours. Yet I found myself watering up a bit within minutes of the film starting. The end is so powerful, and done so perfectly, I teared up.
There were some girls behind me in the theater, and they were sniffling throughout the end. As were people ahead of me, to my sides etc. Willco is right, the film is definitely one of the best films about the end of childhood.