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Terms of Endearment

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Terms of Endearment
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PG,2hrs 12min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1983
Director:
James L. Brooks
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson  ...more
Synopsis: Terms of Endearment covers three decades in the lives of widow Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Debra Winger). Fiercely protected by Aurora throughout childhood, Emma runs into resistance from her mother when she marries wishy-washy college teacher Flap (Jeff Daniels). Aurora is even more put out at the prospect of being a grandmother, though she grows a lot fonder of her three grandkids than she does of her son-in-law. Flap proves that Aurora's instincts were on target when ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Schickel, Time
No film since Preston Sturges was a pup has so shrewdly appreciated the way the eccentric plays hide-and-seek with the respectable in the ordinary American landscape; no comedy since Annie Hall or Manhattan has so intelligently observed not just the way people live now but what's going on in the back of their minds; and finally, and in full knowledge that one may be doing the marketing department's ... Full Review
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Based on 10 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Debra Winger
Emma Greenaway
Shirley MacLaine
Aurora Greenaway
Jack Nicholson
Garrett Breedlove
Jeff Daniels
Flap
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