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The Evening Star

1996 · 129 min

A bittersweet, meandering family drama that savours small moments of love and loss, often poignant but sometimes uneven.

Directed by
Robert Harling
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
The continuing story of 'Terms of Endearment'.
Overview
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty line.

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Directed by
Robert Harling
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • aging
  • love
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Terms of Endearment Collection

  1. Terms of EndearmentMovie · 1983
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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Robert Harling
Written by
Robert Harling
Starring
Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Ben Johnson, Scott Wolf, George Newbern, Marion Ross
Music
William Ross
Cinematography
Don Burgess
Runtime
129 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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