<P> "When She Loved Me" has garnered positive reviews . The Los Angeles Times film critic Michael Mallory wrote that "only the stoniest of viewers will remain unaffected by (this) show - stopping moment". Mallory concluded, "there are Oscar winners out there who would be hard - challenged to match the performance in that scene". Agreeing that the song is a "showstopping moment", The Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw deemed the ballad "a tear - jerker to be classed with the imprisonment of Dumbo's mom" in Disney's Dumbo (1941). Barbara Vancheri of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the song irresistible, while film critic Roger Ebert described the track as "winsome". Barnes & Noble wrote that the song is "truly lovely". A critic for The Guardian described the film's use of "When She Loved Me" as "a fabulous moment". Glen Chapman of Den of Geek described the ballad as "rather beautiful". ASCAP considers "When She Loved Me" to be among Newman's most "outstanding" film contributions . In a retrospective analysis of Newman's music, Paste's Tim Grierson believes that, despite sounding "seeming (ly) mawkish", the elements of "piercing emotion" that the musician continues to incorporate into to his film scores has prevented "When She Loved Me" from "drift (ing) into pure sap ." CD Universe wrote that McLachlan "does a beautiful job" with Newman's material . Jim Lane of News Review called McLachlan's performance "sublime", in addition to deeming the track "the most heartbreaking song ever composed for a motion picture ." </P> <P> In 2000, "When She Loved Me" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 72nd Academy Awards, becoming Newman's 13th nomination in the category, and his second Academy Award - nominated song from the Toy Story film series . The nomination was considered to be unusual at the time because, unlike most animated films that had garnered Best Original Song nominations before it, Toy Story 2 is not a musical . Most critics were expecting Newman to finally win his first Academy Award for "When She Loved Me". The Advocate joked that the song was "the first Oscar - nominated girl - girl love song", referring to the relationship between Jessie and Emily . Ultimately, the song lost to Phil Collins' "You'll Be in My Heart" from Disney's animated film Tarzan . "When She Loved Me" had also been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, which it also lost to "You'll Be in My Heart". When She Loved Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at the 43rd Grammy Awards in 2001 . </P> <P> The Guardian's Dorian Lynskey believes that the song has "made more people cry than any other song (Newman has) written ." Singer - songwriter Elvis Costello identified "When She Loved Me" as a song that "makes him cry every time" he hears it . HelloGiggles contributor Stephanie Ashe included "When She Loved Me" among "The most emotional moments from" the franchise . In a retrospective review for The Irish Times, Bradshaw deemed the song "the single most devastatingly sad moment in any kids' film". Uproxx identified "When She Loved Me" as one of Pixar's "Movie Moments...Guaranteed To Make You Weep", with author Josh Kurp writing that the song demonstrates "the thought and mindfulness was put into Toy Story 2", calling it "almost as sad as Sarah McLachlan's ASPCA commercial ." Ranking the montage the 7th of "17 Disney Moments That Never Fail to Make You Sob", Jenna Mullins of E! News also compared the scene and McLachlan's performance to her ASPCA commercials, joking, "You're the worst ." In review of Toy Story 3 (2010), Matt Goldberg of Collider felt that the sequel was slightly inferior to Toy Story 2 due to lacking "a moment of melancholy" like "When She Loved Me". </P> <P> McLachlan and Newman performed "When She Loved Me" live at the 72nd Academy Awards in 2000, where the song had been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song . The song has since been covered by several artists, many of whom tend to alter the song's interpretation to that of a love song in their own renditions . Brian Sutherland, Steve Tyrell, Kerry Butler, Jordan Pruitt . Actor Michael Crawford recorded a version of the song for his album The Disney Album . Singer Jane Monheit covered "When She Loved Me" for her album The Heart of the Matter (2013). Mexican music trio Belanova released a Spanish cover of the song in 2016, entitled "Cuando Ella Me Amaba". Their version was included on the compilation anthem We Love Disney (Latino). Describing it as "more heartbreaking" than the original version, AXS contributor Lucas Villa observed that the group's "signature electro - pop sound" had been replaced with more acoustic instruments to emphasize front woman Denisse Guerrero's voice, which is used as the version's main instrument instead, which Villa felt "beautifully reflects the pain and pining in Jessie's sad story . The emotion translates well with Belanova's haunting rendition ." </P>

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