Terms of Endearment

Oscar-winning drama about the troubled relationship between a mother and her grown-up daughter., Oscar-winning examination of a mother-daughter relationship spanning 30 years. The story focuses on the tempestuous relationship between Aurora Greenway and her rebellious but devoted daughter, Emma. Against her mother’s wishes, Emma marries a college professor with limited potential and then adds insult to injury by making the age-conscious Aurora a grandmother three times over., Multi-Oscar-winning melodrama revolving around the relationship between a clinging mother and her headstrong daughter. While widow Aurora fends off a stream of admirers, daughter Emma learns the hard facts of married life. She is stunned to find that her college professor husband is having an affair with one of his students, but a much greater shock lies in store after a routine visit to the doctor., James L Brooks’ five-Oscar-winning film mixes deep emotion with offbeat comedy, in particular from the sparky relationship between Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson. Emma Horton flees her suffocating mother Aurora Greenway for an unsuitable marriage, while Aurora seeks solace with her neighbour Garrett Breedlove, an ex-astronaut. The years go by and the unlikely relationships grow and change until Emma is struck down by a terminal illness and her husband deserts her and their children, forcing Emma to try and rebuild her relationship with her mother., Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger lead an all-star cast in James L. Brook’s Oscar winning drama as a mother and daughter who find out just how difficult love can be., Terms of Endearment covers three decades in the lives of widow Aurora Greenaway (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 he enters into an affair with a student (Kate Charleson). Meanwhile, Emma finds romantic consolation with an unhappily married banker (played by John Lithgow, who registers well in a rare “nice guy” performance). As for Aurora, she is ardently pursued by her next-door neighbor, boisterous astronaut Garrett Breedlove (Jack Nicholson). After 75 minutes or so of pursuing an episodic, semi-comic plotline, the film abruptly shifts moods when Emma discovers that she has terminal cancer. Terms of Endearment won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay for TV veteran James L. Brooks making his first feature film, Best Actress for MacLaine, and Best Supporting Actor for Nicholson. It was followed by a sequel, The Evening Star (1996), which again featured MacLaine as Aurora., Examination of a mother-daughter relationship spanning 30 years. The story focuses on the tempestuous relationship between Aurora Greenway and her rebellious but devoted daughter, Emma. Against her mother’s wishes, Emma marries a college professor with limited potential and then adds insult to injury by making the age-conscious Aurora a grandmother three times over., The examination of a mother-daughter relationship spanning 30 years. The story focuses on the tempestuous relationship between Aurora Greenway and her rebellious but devoted daughter, Emma. Against her mother’s wishes, Emma marries a professor with limited potential and then adds insult to injury by making the age-conscious Aurora a grandmother three times over., Debra Winger finally flees her suffocating mother for an unsuitable marriage and MacLaine seeks solace with Jack Nicholson, her neighbour, an ex-astronaut. The years go by and the unlikely relationships grow and change until Winger is struck down by a fatal illness and her husband deserts her and their children. Now back home with mother, the scene is set for reconciliation and understanding in James L Brooks five Oscar-winning film that mixes deep emotion with offbeat comedy particularly from the sparky relationship between MacLaine and Nicholson.