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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. It shows every evidence, however, of having closely scrutinized the earlier film for the secret of its success. The best scenes in “Terms” involved the death of ...
Permalink. 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. The grandchildren are now all grown, and each has their own problems.
The Evening Star. 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.
Apr 7, 1996 · But the producers of “Evening Star” are quick to make an important distinction: Their “Evening Star” is a sequel to the movie written by Brooks, not the book written by McMurtry. Advertisement
The good moments in “The Evening Star,” which amount to no more than a fraction of the unjustifiably lengthy movie, belong to the cast’s older members: Richardson, as the elegant nemesis ...
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.
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The Evening Star (1996) Rate: 6 Viewed: 3/15 3/15: As much as I hate Shirley MacLaine, she gives a good performance in The Evening Star, the sequel to Best Picture Winner Terms of Endearment which netted her an undeserved Oscar win for Best Actress. However, most of the original cast don't come back.
