Terms of Endearment
“Come to laugh, come to cry, come to care, come to terms.”
1983 · 2 h 12 min
Directed by 
James L. Brooks
James L. BrooksCast
Shirley MacLaine 
Debra Winger 
Jack Nicholson 
Danny DeVito 
Jeff Daniels 
John Lithgow
Credits
Written by: 
Larry McMurtry
Plot
A fussy mother and her daughter support one another through love, loss and illness across decades.
Sinekatalog’s take
A warm, tear-jerking drama that won Best Picture.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (71,601 votes)
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