mel·o·dra·mat·ic 
(mĕl′ə-drə-mătĭk)
(mĕl′ə-drə-mătĭk)adj.
1. Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama: "a melodramatic account of two perilous days spent among the planters" (Frank O. Gatell).
2. Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic: "Accuse me, if you will, of melodramatic embroidery" (Erskine Childers).
3. Characterized by false pathos and sentiment.
mel′o·dra·mati·cal·ly adv.