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Rating:  - one of the top rating films of da 80s
i love this movie i remember first seeing it when i was around 12 i didn't no much about da movie but i know it was a good one have big stars like debra winger, shirely mcclain, jack nickolson, jeff daniels, and danny devito it any everything from great acting to comedy scenes and a little bit of action i like da part when jack got drunk during his date with shirely they both went drove on da shore when jack was on top of the car driving it with his feet and while shirely was in da driver's seat just having her foot on the pedal she had enough and let go of da pedal and jack few out of da car and into the water and got all his clothes wet then she went to see if he was alright and they kisses eachother but then jack went inside her shirt and she asked him "why did you have to get drunk" Jack angry replied "I AM NOT DRUNK ANYMORE" da movie has a one of da saddest endings i have ever seen watch to see what will make you cry JB
Rating:  - A remarkably believable and touching film!
Terms of Endearment captivates me with the believable relationship of mother and daughter as brilliantly portrayed by
Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger. It covers approximately 30 years of the turbulent yet loving relationship between mom Aurora and daughter Emma. They have their differences; yet the love between them is always so obvious. It's also refreshing how they seem to be able to talk about anything with each other, even their sex lives.
I've seen this movie several times, and everytime I cry at the end. In spite of the death, the movie ends on a positive note, giving us the feeling that life is going on and everything is going to be okay.
The budding relationship between Aurora and her neighbor (also brilliantly portrayed by Jack Nicholson) creates a plot-within-a-plot that is very entertaining and provides some comic relief from the sadness of the relationship between Emma and her husband and children.
The most interesting aspect is that Emma gets so bent out of shape when she finds out that her husband has been cheating on her, when she has been cheating on him as well. Somehow though we sympathize with Emma and her gentle lover (played by the very talented John Lithgow). We feel like they belong together and somehow their relationship doesn't seem wrong.
If you are in the mood for a movie that is entertaining and gut-wrenching at the same time, this is a perfect choice.
Rating: - "I Don't Know What It Is About You, Aurora, But You Bring Out The Devil In Me"
Perhpas the greatest film of the 1980s', James L. Brooks' 1983 masterpiece "Terms Of Endearment" (based on the novel by Larry McMurtly) is a powerful, motional and often hilarious story of a mother and a a daughter and the ups and downs in their often sad relation ship. Showered with awards (including an Oscar for best picture), it has not aged a bit since then.
Shirley MacLaine won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Aurora Greenway, a middle agd woman dealing with a dull life hampered by a tumultuous relationship with her daughter Emma (Debra Winger). Married to the dull witted Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels) and raising three kids, Aurora is dissatisfied with the lifestyle Emma has chosen. She is also unhappy with her own life. She is living alone except for her maid (Betty King), and the only man who seems to be interested in her is a short, semi-unlikable man named Vernon Dahlart (Danny DeVito). However, one man is about to change her life forever. That man is Garret Breedlove (Jack Nicholson, who deservedly won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar), a carefree, boozing, womanizing former astronaut who adds a sense of la bella vita to Aurora's mundain existence. Meanwhile, Emma has suspected Flap of cheating, and she hooks up with a married banker named Sam Burns (John Lithgow, who wowed me with his performance). Unfortunately, Flap accepting a job in Nebraska ruins their chance of a true relationship. Soon, Aurora realizes that even though Garret has made her happy, she can't be with him. And to make matters worse, Emma has cancer. Everything culminates in a touching, heartwrenching finale (including MacLaine's famous "give my daughter the shot!" sequence) that will stay with you forever.
This is truly a movie that has stood the test of time. This film set the vanguard for tearjerkers, and with the exception of "Steel Magnolias", no film has ever matched this film (not even the 1996 sequel "The Evening Star"). Truly, this is one film that has earned the title "must-see".
Rating: - Endearing film; not to be missed
Larry McMurty's novel has been adapted to the screen amazingly well; the film won five Academy Awards, including the Best Adapted Screenplay Award, as well as Best Picture, Best Actress (Shirley MacLaine), Best Director (James Brooks), and Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson). The cast includes a wealth of Hollywood celebrities -- Debra Winger, John Lithgow, Jeff Daniels, Danny DeVito -- and the performances are outstanding throughout the film.
The story is one of a mother, Aurora Greenway, (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter, Emma (Debra Winger), and how their relationship develops over the years, from the day that their husband/father dies. Aurora is a woman with more than her share of admirers, whom she takes great delight in keeping at a distance, and who has a rather contentious relationship with her daughter, whose marriage to Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels) she opposes to the point that she boycotts the wedding. As it turns out, Mother is right. The marriage between Emma and Flap is less than rosy, with both having their extramarital affairs (although the extramarital affair that Emma has with Sam Burns, played by John Lithgow, comes across as endearing in the film). Almost parallel to the philandering of the daughter comes the pie-eyed former astronaut next door, Garrett Breedlove (Jack Nicholson), who makes no pretenses about his intentions toward Aurora, and this time Aurora gives in. For the time that the affair lasts, Aurora is very happy. It has its run, then stops, but then starts again. Garrett, as it seems, has a problem with commitment, but he also has a problem with walking out on a good thing, too.
Flap comes home one day to break the bad news that the family is moving, thereby ending Emma's affair with Sam but continuing an affair that Flap was having. Emma discovers the affair and is indignant, but by now, Emma is also a mother and dying of a terminal illness. It becomes clear that Flap is not a candidate to care for the children after Emma dies, and Aurora re-enters the picture as the grand matriarch who will take over. When the moment of Emma's death arrives, the shock is still as painful as if nobody had expected it to happen. Garrett resurfaces to comfort the grieving Aurora and her family in a gesture that surprises Aurora greatly.
What really makes this film succeed is the vividness of the performances of the actors and actresses. Debra Winger's performance as the daughter who grows through a bad marriage and ultimately dies from cancer is unforgettable. Jack Nicholson's performance, as much as he has played the lecherous male before, takes on a new dimension in this film. Shirley MacLaine's performance earned her an Academy Award; she gives a superb touch in the most unforgettable scene in the film in which she approaches the nurses' station in the hospital at 10pm to tell the nurses to give her daughter her pain shot. As is very typical in all too many medical institutions, the nurses are preoccupied with their internal bureaucracy and not with relieving the suffering of the patients. That is enough to make her go ballistic; she starts to run around the station, screaming at the top of her lungs. The histrionics add both an intensely personal and yet somewhat comical touch to a poignant part of the film in a way that is amazingly effective.
This is a film that is definitely not to be missed.
Rating:  - I seem to prefer Brooks' TV work better...
I really had a problem with this movie when it was released in 1983, and I still do. While I like James L. Brooks' TV work ("Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Simpsons") I don't seem to love all his movies.
When "Terms" first came out, it was praised as being SO moving and SO funny and SO real, you'll just die as fast as Debra Winger (and her subsequent career)... Well, that was just typical early-80s hyperbole, but this movie is about as real and as poignant as an episode of "Little House on the Prairie"--- and about as funny.
I suppose it's harmless enough, but there is nothing-- NOTHING-- superlative about it. (I will be in the minority here, I realize).
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