Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

Larry McMurtry's novel becomes a somewhat lumpy film as directed by James L. Brooks (As Good As It Gets). Nevertheless, it is entirely winning, with Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger playing a combative mother and daughter who see each other through various ups and downs in love and loss, and most especially through a terminal illness endured by Winger's character. Jack Nicholson deservedly won an Oscar for his supporting role as a free-spirited astronaut who backs away from a romance with MacLaine and then returns in the clutch. As he always does, Brooks keeps things from getting too soapy with his intense concentration on the soulful evolution of his characters. --Tom Keogh

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Won 5 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
PG
Year:
1983
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