Terms of Endearment

1983 • 2h 12m •

Drama Comedy

MOVIEVIBE Rating

★ 7.1/10

858 reviews

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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.

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

Top Billed Cast

Shirley MacLaine

Aurora Greenway

Debra Winger

Emma Greenway Horton

Jack Nicholson

Garrett Breedlove

Danny DeVito

Vernon Dahlart

Jeff Daniels

Flap Horton

John Lithgow

Sam Burns

Lisa Hart Carroll

Patsy Clark

Betty King

Rosie Dunlop

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic

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 gent...