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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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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.
Roger Ebert, in his Chicago Sun-Times review of December 27, 1996, described The Evening Star as "a completely unconvincing sequel", awarding it one-and-a-half stars of a possible four. He said the story lacks any points of interest, and found the character developments contrived and clunky.
"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.
This sequel feels like the sitcom from hell, with broad characterizations, comic scenarios that feel like a laugh track is missing, and maudlin moments of supposed drama that induce eye rolls ...
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- Robert Harling
- PG-13
- Shirley Maclaine
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.
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.
The Evening Star's main shortcoming is that it lacks Terms' firm center; there's no one mainstay relationship ... at the heart of the sequel, and it suffers. Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4...
