Terms of Endearment
(1983)
Based on the novel of
the same name this film from director James L. Brooks stars Shirley
MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson and Jeff Daniels. A widow and
her daughter both look for love.
When a film wins five
Oscars you sort of expect a little more than what we get here which
is a decent film but by no means seemingly anything special. The
story is well handled in as much as it does not descend into
melodrama or cliché but does not really rise beyond the literal.
There are some good performances but I was really surprised that Jack
Nicholson got an Oscar for playing the same guy he plays in
everything.
3/5
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