Review of Terms of Endearment (1983) by The-Lords A — 15 May 2013

Okay so going back to the 80's with Terms of Endearment.

Plot: Aurora has a close love-hate relationship with her daughter Emma over the years that Emma has been growing up. When Emma graduates high school, she immediately marries her boyfriend Flap and moves in with him. Through the years afterwords, Aurora and Emma stay in contact talking about each others lives as Emma and Flap raise a family and Aurora becomes interested in her neighbor who is a retired astronaut.

This was the winner that I watched just about right after Midnight Cowboy. And thank heavens that I watched a movie like this after seeing a movie that I found to be rather unpleasant. Not only was the plot very nice and somewhat simple, but it was very well acted, fairly well paced and it had a very nice cast - Jack Nicholson especially was a nice addition and it isn't entirely surprising that he won supporting actor for his performance. But what really makes this film so enjoyable is the second half of this movie or somewhere around the very end to be sure. I won't give anything away of coarse, but it's very moving and heart-string pulling, and it also was an unexpected but in my opinion a rather unique and smart direction that the movie went from the first half or so.

And that's my review for Terms of Endearment. It's a very nice film that is very well acted with a great cast, moving second half or so, and is altogether just a very enjoyable film that I would recommend.