Video Review

The Evening Star

Reviewed by Michael Sauter | May 09, 1997
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Movie Rated: PG-13; Genre: Drama; With: Juliette Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson and Robert Harling

Did moviegoers avoid this Terms of Endearment sequel because it was so belated, or because they assumed no sequel would measure up to the 1983 original? Either way, they undervalued The Evening Star. Based on Larry McMurtry's novel, this deluxe soap continues the saga of unsinkable Aurora Greenway (a once again dazzling MacLaine), who lost her daughter in the last film but gained three messed-up grandkids. As her rebellious granddaughter, Melanie, a too-shrill Lewis is no Debra Winger; and as Aurora's old flame, Jack Nicholson does only an extended walk-on. No matter. MacLaine alone justifies the rental price. Warning: The mortality rate escalates as this tearjerker rolls along. Get out your hankies and sob away — at home no one will hear you. B-

Originally posted May 09, 1997 Published in issue #378 May 09, 1997 Order article reprints
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