The Evening Star (1996)

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movie arrived quick and in excellent shape, was very pleased and will be ordering more movies.

love the spin off of terms!
very moving and great spin off of "terms of endearment" she had a hard life as I had.

If you loved Terms of Endearment, never watch this film
I adore Terms of Endearment, it's a movie that time and time again has never failed to touch my heart and make my cry. I have known about "The Evening Star" for a long time, but I just got around to seeing it for the first time.

While it was fortunate that Shirley MacLaine reprised her role as Aurora, the film didn't have the same chemistry that made Terms of Endearment such a memorable and much loved film. The cast was just off, with nobody except for Marion Ross delivering a much appreciated and genuine performance.

Aurora returns in The Evening Star as a woman who has been weakened, and instead of seeing her as she was (and as she was loved) we see her adapt to the lives of her loser grandchildren with little contest. It's not the same Aurora from the first film. The Aurora we see in Evening Star doesn't have the same essence of "Houston class", the same sharp wit, and overall she is a different woman than the Aurora you grew used to in Terms of Endearment.

Watching this movie was painful, just because it was so predictable and, well, it was just lacking that soul that made the first film so special. This movie was put together so poorly, and it really shows. Emotional scenes are poorly done, because whomever wrote the screenplay really tried to make everything over-the-top, so when there was a crisis, it became an emotional spectacle with the entire cast instead of an intimate and thoughtful event between certain characters. When tragedy would strike, you'd have a room full of characters you don't care about dilluting the scene and creating a disconnect in the moment.

I give the film 1 star and that is only because we get a moment of time with Jack Nicholson, Marion Ross did a good job, and Shirley MacLaine came back to do her very best under the circumstances. These people are the only minute saving factor in this entire upset of a film.

Honestly though, if you really love Terms of Endearment, you may find yourself let down by The Evening Star. I personally wish that I hadn't of watched it and allowed for the story to end with the first film. Overall, I advise, if you loved Terms of Endearment never watch this film.