Movie · Comedy · Drama

Terms of Endearment dazzled critics and audiences alike with its believable, insightful story of two captivating people, widow Aurora Greenaway (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Debra Winger). From grand slapstick to deepest sentiment, director James L. Brooks masterfully paints scenes from their evolving 30-year relationship. Jack Nicholson turns in a great comic performance as MacLaine's neighbor, boisterous astronaut Garrett Breedlove.

1983 · 2h 12m
Director James L. Brooks

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Terms of Endearment

Comedy

Terms of Endearment dazzled critics and audiences alike with its believable, insightful story of two captivating people, widow Aurora Greenaway (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Debra Winger). From grand slapstick to deepest sentiment, director James L. Brooks masterfully paints scenes from their evolving 30-year relationship. Jack Nicholson turns in a great comic performance as MacLaine's neighbor, boisterous astronaut Garrett Breedlove.

COMMON SENSE

Glossy, funny, and packs a real emotional wallop.

TOMATOMETER
Average 8.1
Reviews 108
Fresh 87
Rotten 21

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
1983
Run Time
2 hr 12 min
Rated
PG
Region of Origin
United States
© 1983 Paramount Pictures.

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Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Arabic , Bulgarian , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Dutch (Netherlands) , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek , Hebrew , Hindi , Hungarian , Italian , Japanese , Korean , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian , Slovenian , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.