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- “The Evening Star” is a completely unconvincing sequel to “Terms of Endearment” (1983). It tells the story of the later years of Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine), but fails to find much in them worth making a movie about. It shows every evidence, however, of having closely scrutinized the earlier film for the secret of its success.
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As a movie standing by itself, The Evening Star is a decent film with strong performances by MacLaine and Richardson. However, as a sequel to Terms of Endearment, the movie is mostly middling. The plot line starts off about fifteen to sixteen years after Terms ended.
Dec 27, 1996 · “The Evening Star” is a completely unconvincing sequel to “Terms of Endearment” (1983). It tells the story of the later years of Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine), but fails to find much in them worth making a movie about.
The Evening Star is a 1996 American comedy drama film directed by Robert Harling, adapted from the 1992 novel by Larry McMurtry. It is a sequel to the Academy Award -winning 1983 film Terms of Endearment starring Shirley MacLaine, who reprises the role of Aurora Greenway, for which she won an Oscar in the original film.
Dec 25, 2016 · Today marks twenty-years since the release of The Evening Star, sequel to the much beloved Terms of Endearment. While the film never nears the emotional and dramatic heights of the original, it was good to see what happened to the characters. And Shirley MacLaine is always fantastic of course.
Jan 5, 1997 · Artistically speaking, “The Evening Star” is to “Terms of Endearment” what “Texasville” was to “The Last Picture Show,” a vastly disappointing sequel to a superlative original. As ...
OUR TAKE: 7 out of 10. This is a very entertaining, but emotionally draining sequel to the hugely popular and very successful "Terms of Endearment." The cast is superb, from the fine performance of MacLaine down to the supporting characters, all of which seem believable and real.