Top billed cast

1. 

   Shirley MacLaine

   Aurora Greenway

2. 

   Debra Winger

   Emma Greenway Horton

3. 

   Jack Nicholson

   Garrett Breedlove

4. 

   Danny DeVito

   Vernon Dahlart

5. 

   Jeff Daniels

   Flap Horton

6. 

   John Lithgow

   Sam Burns

7. 

   Lisa Hart Carroll

   Patsy Clark

8. 

   Betty King

   Rosie Dunlop

9. 

   Huckleberry Fox

   Teddy Horton

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-24

I hated the story, let's get that out of the way first. This film is about character acting at it's best, though, and Shirley MacLaine ("Aurora") and Jack Nicholson ("Garrett") bring us charisma and entertainment in spades which thankfully rescues the really pedestrian plot from abject mediocrity. Since her birth, "Aurora" has fussed over her daughter "Emma" (Debra Winger) and upon the death of her husband, settles down to a rather vicarious existence living life through her daughter, her husband "Flap" (Jeff Daniels) and their children. She is a strong willed woman, with love that can be gent...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,000,000.00

Revenue
$108,423,749.00

Keywords

• adultery
• based on novel or book
• parent child relationship
• loss of loved one
• houston, texas
• cancer
• astronaut
• single mother
• neighbor neighbor relationship
• mother daughter relationship
• narcissistic mother
• dramatic