ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

seeingbystarlight This is one of best films ever made about love, family, and filial relationships.It is a movie that is utterly devoid of the schmaltz, sappy dialogue, and mushy sentimentality, you usually in stories of its kind.It's the divine absence of this, combined with the presence of dark humor, and spicy plot that makes this the gem that it is.Shirley McLaine, and Jack Nicholson are brilliant in their roles as Aurora Greenway, an irascible widowed mother, and Garrett Breedlove (her neighbor), a philandering, retired astronaut.Then there's Debra Winger as Aurora's daughter (I really think this is her best role ever), who's marriage to Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels) disintegrates as the story progresses.To properly summarize a movie like this is impossible because there are so many good things to be said about it.The romance between Aurora and Garrett, for instance, provides one of the funniest, most heartfelt, most well done subplots in history.Danny DeVito adds immensely in his role as Vernon Dahlart (one of Aurora's many admirers), as does John Lithgow in the role of Sam Burns, Emma's guilt-ridden, and adorable adulterous lover.Easily at the top of its genre, this movie deserved all the recognition that it got.Originally, Review #145Posted On: November 28, 2011.

merelyaninnuendo Terms Of Endearment4 Out Of 5Terms Of Endearment is a plot driven feature of a family that goes through ups and downs to a range like no other tale takes you to. The chemistry among the characters is depicted from the scratch which helps the makers create the bonding with the viewers too; a slick move by the writers. It is rich on technical aspects like background score, cinematography, costume design, sound department and editing. The writing is strong, inspiring, emotional and a bit edgy that helps blend it all in and still keep it grounded and resonate with reality to keep it connected among the audience. The adapted screenplay by James L. Brooks is smart, gripping and layered with a thought-provoking soul and reasoning within it that ups the ante of the game. James L. Brooks; the director, is on his A game and doing some of his best work on executing this deep and impactful script on screen that pitches straight to the viewers and meddles with the emotions. The performance objective is scored majestically by the protagonist Debra Winger and is supported thoroughly by Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Denials and John Lithgow. Terms Of Endearment is costlier yet feasible terms that turns out more mature than we usually get in latter stages.

Davis P Terms of Endearment (1983) is a classic dramedy film. It's really much more of a drama than it is a comedy. It was praised by critics and swept the major awards, winning five academy awards, including best picture. It stars Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, and John Lithgow. I absolutely loved the casting, every actor represented their character so well. MacLaine turns in a performance of a lifetime, she is funny and witty at times, then sharp as a tack and tough as nails in other moments. And Winger is so skilled and charming in her role, she plays Emma with a certain lovable innocence. I love how these two talented actresses commanded the screen, and had amazing chemistry together while doing it. Another Hollywood heavyweight that turns in a great performance here is Jack Nicholson, I really loved him playing Garrett, he brings something to the role that only he could do, it's something about Nicholson that is just perfect for this character. And he and Auroras connection in the film is really something fantastic, it was great to see an older mid life romance between two people with such chemistry. The writing is superb, the writing really focuses mainly on Emma and Auroras relationship, their connection as mother and daughter, but it also brings in subplots that Nicholson and Daniels. I love how the script includes all those different very important aspects of the movie, and it brings them all together to form a near perfect film. This a classic film that I recommend, but I warn that you may need a few tissues. 9/10 for Terms of Endearment.

calvinnme Terms of Endearment is a good exploration of the fact that parents don't often like their children even though they may love them, and children often have a hard time liking their parents when they turn out to be 100% correct - on the long haul - about the people they choose as spouses. Especially when the parents never let the child forget about the mistakes they have made. It also shows that death has a way of rewriting the past - often immediately.Emma falls in love and marries at a young age - about twenty. Her mother, Aurora, apparently married a man who was well off but died young. Aurora is controlling, illustrated in the first scene when she gets up to make sure Emma is breathing when she is an infant. Emma thinks she'll "be happy in a one room shack and she won't look back" when she marries poor young college teacher Flap Horton. And then the babies start coming, and keep on coming. At this point Flap and Emma prove they are quite flappable. Flap cheats because he can, and with a woman who is more like himself, more like the woman he probably would have married had he been older when he made that decision. Emma eventually cheats because she is drowning - in bills, in lack of emotional support, with an oldest son who sees the lack of respect everybody else gives his mother and apes the behavior.Then there is Jack Nicholson's place in all of this. As the aging astronaut who lives next door to Aurora, he is the only one who can get Aurora to fall off her pedestal as high priestess of perfect and emotionally detached decisions, and then she is terribly disappointed and surprised when he bolts as he feels the walls of monogamy closing in on him. Quite frankly, I was surprised that she was surprised that this happened.Some people have told me this is just an awful soap opera, but I disagree. Maybe a little bit because I have an aunt who trod the same tragic path as Emma, and maybe because I am also an exiled Texan who was a bit dismayed at the "lack of wildness in the people" in the state where I would spend the next quarter of a century. But then, I loved this film before any of those things happened.At any rate, highly recommended for the human drama of it all that hasn't really aged in 33 years. The only thing that lets you in on the fact that you are in a different time is Carol King's "It's Too Late" from 1971 playing as Aurora looks out the window at one point.