DramaComedy

Terms of Endearment

- Come to laugh, come to cry, come to care, come to terms.

Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.

Release Date : 1983-11-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Terms of Endearment XXX

Cast

Character Name : Aurora Greenway

Original Name : Shirley MacLaine

Gender : Female

Character Name : Emma Greenway Horton

Original Name : Debra Winger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Garrett Breedlove

Original Name : Jack Nicholson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vernon Dahlart

Original Name : Danny DeVito

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flap Horton

Original Name : Jeff Daniels

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sam Burns

Original Name : John Lithgow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patsy Clark

Original Name : Lisa Hart Carroll

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rosie Dunlop

Original Name : Betty King

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teddy Horton

Original Name : Huckleberry Fox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tommy Horton

Original Name : Troy Bishop

Gender : Male

Character Name : Younger Tommy Horton

Original Name : Shane Serwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Melanie Horton

Original Name : Megan Morris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baby Melanie

Original Name : Tara Yeakey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edward Johnson

Original Name : Norman Bennett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Emma

Original Name : Jennifer Josey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janice

Original Name : Kate Charleson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Budge

Original Name : Tom Wees

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Maise

Original Name : Paul Menzel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : F. William Parker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Meg

Original Name : Amanda Watkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Ratcher

Original Name : Buddy Gilbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Phil

Original Name : David Wohl

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Shelley K. Nielsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Bette Croissant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rudyard's Employer

Original Name : Charles Beall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doris

Original Name : Lelise Folse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lee Anne

Original Name : Sharisse Baker-Bernard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Checkout Girl

Original Name : Judy Dickerson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lizbeth

Original Name : Devon O'Brien

Gender : Female

Character Name : Victoria

Original Name : Dana Vance

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jane

Original Name : Alexandra O'Karma

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman at Party

Original Name : Nancy Mette

Gender : Female

Character Name : T.J.

Original Name : Holly Holmberg Brooks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack Stern

Original Name : Lear Levin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rudyard Greenway (voice)

Original Name : Albert Brooks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patsy's Mother

Original Name : Lanier Whilden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flap's Secretary

Original Name : Helen Stauffer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman

Original Name : Barbara Balik

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman

Original Name : Michelle Watkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Moving Man

Original Name : John C. Conger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Johnson

Original Name : Sandra Newkirk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Herself

Original Name : Elaine McGown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doris (voice)

Original Name : Mary Kay Place

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-24

I hated the story, let's get that out of the way first. This film is about character acting at it's best, though, and Shirley MacLaine ("Aurora") and Jack Nicholson ("Garrett") bring us charisma and entertainment in spades which thankfully rescues the really pedestrian plot from abject mediocrity. Since her birth, "Aurora" has fussed over her daughter "Emma" (Debra Winger) and upon the death of her husband, settles down to a rather vicarious existence living life through her daughter, her husband "Flap" (Jeff Daniels) and their children. She is a strong willed woman, with love that can be gentle and kindly, or that can be rude and interfering with much of the frequently sardonic humour emanating from her disinclination to let them live their own lives. Next door we find "Garrett", a somewhat disreputable womaniser. A former astronaut who trades well on his erstwhile status, but who takes a bit of a shine to "Aurora" - and that's another source of lively comedy as the two clash with engaging regularity. The last hour descends rather quickly into melancholy, though, as the young "Emma" has to deal with her own problem husband, and an illness that starts to focus the attention from all concerned onto what really matters with their relationships. MacLaine is always good with these rough-round-the-edges roles and here there is plenty of chemistry on the sparing occasions in which she and Nicholson feature. Sadly, for me anyway, the rest of this hovers way too close to melodrama and though at its best it is really good, for the most part I was rather underwhelmed by the family antics that underpinned so much of the (over-long) story.