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Larry McMurtry's novel becomes a somewhat lumpy film as directed by James L. Brooks (As Good As It Gets). Nevertheless, it is entirely winning, with Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger playing a combative mother and daughter who see each other through various ups and downs in love and loss, and most especially through a terminal illness endured by Winger's character. Jack Nicholson deservedly won an Oscar for his supporting role as a free-spirited astronaut who backs away from a romance with MacLaine and then returns in the clutch. As he always does, Brooks keeps things from getting too soapy with his intense concentrat
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Larry McMurtry's novel becomes a somewhat lumpy film as directed by James L. Brooks (As Good As It Gets). Nevertheless, it is entirely winning, with Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger playing a combative mother and daughter who see each other through various ups and downs in love and loss, and most especially through a terminal illness endured by Winger's character. Jack Nicholson deservedly won an Oscar for his supporting role as a free-spirited astronaut who backs away from a romance with MacLaine and then returns in the clutch. As he always does, Brooks keeps things from getting too soapy with his intense concentration on the soulful evolution of his characters. --Tom Keogh
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Manufacturer: Paramount
Release date: 23 October 1996
EAN: 9786300214118 UPC: 097360140736
Tags: Shane Serwin (1), Family Relationship (1), Paramount (1), Shirley MacLaine (1), Debra Winger (1), Medical Treatment (1), Comedy.tearjerker (1), Lisa Hart Carroll (1), Betty King (1), Huckleberry Fox (1), Troy Bishop (1), Parenthood (1), Megan Morris (1), Tara Yeakey (1), Norman Bennett (1), Jennifer Josey (1), Kate Charleson (1), Tom Wees (1), Paul Menzel (1), F. William Parker (1)
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