Terms of Endearment - 1983

This review just won't come easy. Apologies, and if you haven't seen this one, you should. It's a very good movie. It features some of Shirley MacLaine's best work. And some very good stuff from Debra Winger. And Jack Nicholson playing almost exactly the same character as he did in 'As Good as it Gets'.
It's a movie about a small family, mother and daughter. The Mom is overprotective, the daughter naive. The daughter marries unwisely and the mother is pulled into a relationship that she's not sure of. Throw in some infidelity and lots of long distance phone calls to give the story more texture. And then a fatal illness to bring out the hankies.
A very good movie. (And I'm well aware that this review doesn't do it justice.)

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MamaD4 said…
I have seen this movie a couple of times...Larry McMurtry is one of my favorite authors, hands down. I love his dry sense of humor and the strange situations people get into in his books. If you haven't read anything by him, try "All My Friends are Going to be Strangers", which I am rereading for the third or fourth time right now. Good stuff!
4:03 PM
Sarita said…
Nice lady. Too bad she got sick.
;o)
1:37 PM
MamaD4 said…
Yeah, and doesn't she have an affair with that "Harry & The Henderson's" guy...whatshisname from "Third Rock From the Sun"...you know. Jeff Daniels was certainly irresponsible, but much better looking.
5:32 PM
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