Terms of Endearment - A Movie Review

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"Terms of Endearment" is a comedy-drama which was released in 1983. It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 5 and won 4 Golden Globes. The box office receipts were $108.4 million against a budget of $8 million. The film was generally well received by the critics. CAST Shirley MacLaine - Aurora Greenway Debra Winger - Emma Greenway-Horton Jack Nicholson - Garrett Breedlove Danny DeVito - Vernon Dalhart Jeff Daniels - Flap Horton John Lithgow - Sam Burns Lisa Hart Carroll - Patsy Clark Huckleberry Fox - Ted "Teddy" Horton Troy Bishop - Tom "Tommy" Horton Shane Sherwin - Tom "Tommy" Horton (as a Toddler) Megan Morris - Melanie Horton Tara Yeakley - Melanie Horton (as an Infant) Kate Charleston - Janice Albert Brooks (Credited as A. Brooks) - Rudyard The film starts out with Emma as a child. Aurora would crawl into the crib to make sure that Emma was breathing. When Aurora's husband, Rudyard, passes away, Aurora and Emma establish a mother/daughter/love/hate relationship. Immediately upon graduation from high school in the Houston area, Emma marries an immature college professor, Flap Horton, against her mother's wishes and to escape from her grasp. Aurora doesn't even attend the wedding. A few years down the road and Emma has two children and is pregnant with her third. Flap relocates the family to a college campus in Des Moines, Iowa. Emma calls her mother for money; but her mother refuses. Emma's once passionate marriage is unhappy due to Flap's cheating. Emma has an affair of her own with a married local banker. Emma is relying more and more on her mother for emotional support as she runs into financial and marital difficulties. If you want to know what happens next, you will have to watch the movie. This is an excellent movie with an excellent screenplay and excellent actors. I'm sure that you will enjoy it. This one receives 4 out of 5 stars from me. This movie is rated PG. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons (Debra Winger)