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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Larry McMurtry (novel)
James L. Brooks (screenplay)
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Release Date:
9 December 1983 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Come to Laugh, Come to Cry, Come to Care, Come to Terms.
Plot:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage... more | add synopsis
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Won 5 Oscars. Another 25 wins & 10 nominations more
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A little heavy, but with astonishing performances. more (109 total)

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132 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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John Lithgow was called in to replace another actor and his part was filmed in only three days during a break from filming for Footloose (1984). more
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Continuity: When Aurora's skirt changes between shots after she comes back from the hospital visiting Emma. As she walks up to the hotel desk, she has one skirt on, but when she walks through the lobby into the pool area, where Tommy and Teddy threaten to get her wet, she has a different skirt on. more
Quotes:
Emma Horton: [to her son] OK, you're allowed to say one mean thing to me a year. That'll do until you're 10. more
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Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody more

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9 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
A little heavy, but with astonishing performances., 10 April 2001
7/10
Author: gridoon

A well-observed, well-made drama (with occasional comedic moments), that may not be exactly "high art" (it's neither profound nor original), but DOES feature some great acting and manages to pull you in.

Debra Winger gives an extraordinary performance; she has a naturalness and expressiveness that you rarely see on the screen. When her character is happy, her whole face brightens up and her joy becomes infectious; when she's sad or confused or embarrassed, the emotions come across strongly, although she never goes over the top. Considering that she lost the Oscar to her co-star, Shirley MacLaine, who is reasonably good but far more one-note, I'd say we had a major Academy Award injustice there. Jack Nicholson is fun to watch and has some amusing lines, and most supporting roles, like those played by John Lithgow and Danny De Vito, are also first-rate and completely believable.

So overall it's a good film, directed almost flawlessly, although in the final 20 minutes it needlessly wallows in melodrama. (***)

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