Terms of Endearment (1983)

Synopsis

Aurora Greenway, a widow since her daughter Emma was a child, keeps several suitors at arm's length in River Oaks, Houston, focusing instead on her close, but controlling relationship with Emma. Anxious to escape her mother, Emma marries callow young college professor Flap Horton over her mother's objections.

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Box office

$165 million

Budget

$8 million

IMDb votes

71,701

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