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Terms of Endearment

1983 · Movie · 132 min

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Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer82%as of 2024-08-14
  • Rotten Tomatoes average7.5/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic79/100as of 2025-07-14

What it is

Terms of Endearment is a 1983 American tragicomedy film directed, written, and produced by James L. Brooks, adapted from Larry McMurtry's 1975 novel. The ensemble cast stars Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, and John Lithgow. The film covers 30 years of the relationship between Aurora Greenway (MacLaine) and her daughter Emma Greenway-Horton (Winger).

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Genres
Romance / Comedy / Drama
Original language
English

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