The Evening Star

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Anna W @RT74196775 Aug 20, 2026 This movie reminded me of my sibling rivalry with my sister in Aurora's relationship with her late daughter's friend, Aurora's relationships with her grandsons and my relationships with my grandsons and son. I appreciated how Aurora prepared a file of pictures of her late daughter holding her grandson to give to him when he needed his mother the most. The Evening Star tugs at my heart strings when Jack Nicholason speeds in his sports car on the sandy beach with Aurora on the roof sprinkling Rosie's ashes screaming:"Good-bye Rosie!!! This movie encourages us to chronical our memories with photos, gratitude and love ❤️ to give thanks for the blessings we received and the courage to endure.... See more Jeff M @jeffmarshallmovieblogger Feb 8, 2024 This movie is an absolute textbook example of a sequel being inferior to its predecessor in literally every way possible. 1983's TERMS OF ENDEARMENT was a culture phenomenon that swept the Oscars. While I feel it was a tad bit overrated, it's still a beautiful showcase of blending comedy and drama featuring magnificent performances (especially Debra Winger) and memorable characters. This sequel feels like the sitcom from hell, with broad characterizations, comic scenarios that feel like a laugh track is missing, and maudlin moments of supposed drama that induce eye rolls rather than tears. In a movie full of unforgivable performances, the bottom of the barrel belongs to Juliette Lewis as granddaughter Melanie. When Lewis is on fire like in CAPE FEAR and HUSBANDS & WIVES, she is electrifyingly original - here she drowns under the mediocrity. Writer/director Harling is the man who created STEEL MAGNOLIAS, another movie that suffers under the lead balloon of cliche and manipulation, though not nearly bad as this one. Even a last minute reunion of MacLaine and Jack Nicholson toward the end doesn't work. Marion Ross (Mrs. Cunningham from HAPPY DAYS) has a couple nice moments as Aurora's long time housekeeper, but that's about it. If nothing else, this will surely make you appreciate the original TERMS OF ENDEARMENT a heckuva lot more. See more steve d @RT35616104 Jul 7, 2020 The cast does a good job, but there wasn't much story left to tell. See more Dec 1, 2019 Pointless and meandering. The melodrama of Terms but Shirley McClaine has no worthy foil to bring spark and bite to the screen as she did with Debra Winger. In 2019, not worth the time to revisit aside from seeing the all star cast who all went on to bigger and better projects. See more Jul 16, 2016 Shirley MacLaine should have won another Oscar for this sequel also! I have no idea why it didn't make even the budget at the Box Office. It was a Christmas movie of 1996. It had to have been bad timing. This gem of a film is so tucked away that I never knew it existed until Netflix came along! Now I bought the DVD and buy the merchandise of the movie on Ebay. This script and the actors are perfection! This is my favorite movie. I don't watch Terms of Endearment like I watch this one. Such a GREAT movie! BRAVO! See more Apr 13, 2015 I have neglected my life. Aurora Greenway has gotten much older since we saw her in Terms of Endearment and she has sense raised her daughter's kids and they are now getting to the age of moving out. She deals with an internal divide to ensure her grandchildren's safety and happiness versus living to be happy herself. "You can love them but you can't live their life." Robert Harling, writer of the screen plays for Steel Magnolias, Soapdish, The First Wives Club, and Laws of Attraction, delivers The Evening Star in his directorial debut. The storyline for this film was very well written and contains great dialogue and fantastic character development. The acting was also first rate as the cast includes Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis, Jack Nicholson, Scott Wolf, Ben Johnson, and Miranda Richardson. "You didn't come here just to talk." I came across this film while reviewing Jack Nicholson films on Netflix. This was a very well done sequel to Terms of Endearment. Shirley MacLain reprises her role perfectly and provides a solid conclusion to the Aurora Greenway character. I strongly recommend the original and this pictures. "You're so fucking fired." Grade: B See more Read all reviews

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