Terms of Endearment NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (86)
See it if Really loved the movie and want to see a pretty good interpretation of it. The actor who plays the Jack Nicholson character is hysterical.
Don't see it if Did not enjoy and movie and do not like shows with sad endings.
See it if you want to see a copy of the original movie performed on stage in a scaled down version with not the punch of the movie.
Don't see it if the movie is a favorite and you don't want to make comparisons and be disappointed.
See it if You want to see your favorite actors up close, you like family dramas, you don't have expectations of how the story should be presented
Don't see it if You have certain expectations especially after being a fan of the movie
See it if you like stories about mothers and daughters. The actors were great and molly ringwald did an amazing job making Auroura her own.
Don't see it if You don't like plays about a mother losing a daughter to cancer...Hope that was not a spoiler alert.
See it if You liked the movie, you like tear jerkers. I thouoght Molly Ringwald was great in the Shirley McLaine role and Jeb Brown was great in the
Don't see it if Jack Nicholson role. The play was more about them than the daughter. I saw many people with tissues crying. Read more
See it if you like family dramas. Engaging to watch with very good acting. Last half act a bit too melodramatic for me.
Don't see it if you don't like sentimental endings to plays.
See it if You enjoy dramatic presentation of classic movies. See it if you can grasp Molly Ringwald as a grandmother. Hannah Dunne is upcoming star
Don't see it if You have the mindset that Molly Ringwald is only a sweet sixteen year old coming of age.
See it if if you are a fan of the movie and molly ringwald. if you like mother/daughter stories.
Don't see it if you are not into female based stories.
Critic Reviews (31)
"The production comes alive most fully with the appearance of Jeb Brown as Breedlove…Unfortunately, the basic plotline unfolds like a checklist…Garrett Breedlove awakens Aurora's heart through a middle-aged love affair. Their banter, their moments of honest affection, and even their sexual sparks are the highlights of what otherwise is the CliffsNotes version of McMurtry's novel and Brooks's screenplay."
Read more
“It isn't until the second act of ‘Terms of Endearment’, based on both the Larry McMurtry novel as well as the Academy Award-winning screenplay by James L. Brooks, that the play takes off. Featuring the now grown-up film star Molly Ringwald in the role of Aurora Greenway that won Shirley MacLaine the 1984 Oscar for Best Actress, the first act jumps around, skipping huge chunks of time as you can in movie cutting, but seems like something has been left out on stage.”
Read more
"The production feels like a live digest of the movie…Ringwald counteracts the anemia of the enterprise by making Aurora her own in a way that's more McMurtry than MacLaine. She and Hannah Dunne invest their duologues with wit, steering the poignant passages clear of mawkishness…Efficiently directed by Parva with brisk pacing that prevents the most melodramatic moments from being syrupy.…'Terms of Endearment' seems content to be an attraction for fans of flicks from the 1980s."
Read more
"A beautiful adaptation of a movie classic, using a light touch to illuminate the deepest and most important expressions of compassion and human decency...There is not a wasted word or superfluous gesture in this taut, and often funny, production...'Terms of Endearment' is a terrific production, touching every major cradle-to-grave issue, from love, loyalty, and commitment to illness, medical malfeasance, and death. It’s well worth two hours of your time."
Read more
"Although abbreviated, both the humor and devastation of a complicated mother/daughter relationship pushes its way through.…The ending still resounds as the tear-jerker you recall in the film. Molly Ringwald gives a fine performance…This is a yeoman’s job bringing 'Terms of Endearment' to the stage...Probably an undertaking best left untouched."
Read more
"Hannah Dunne as Emma Horton shines. She wins our hearts, just as the script intends. Molly Ringwald and Jeb Brown do fine jobs as Aurora Greenway and astronaut Garret Breedlove, whose name says it all, but it’s unfair to compare anyone to Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson in these iconic parts...The story gets across, with its sad ending....All in all, the play is not a distinct enough creation to put the movie out of your mind, but how could it, after all?"
Read more
"Despite the aura of the movie hanging over nearly every scene, this production reminds us that, even if we know how it ends, a good story will still be good whether on stage or screen...The snippets of music between scenes are also very short and end abruptly, creating an uneven pace that suggests that director Michael Parva just wants to get to the real heart of the play. That seems to arrive with Jeb Brown...The chemistry between Brown and Ringwald is real and they bring the play to life."
Read more
"Too much and yet not enough happens in the play’s five-year time span to effectively establish a sufficient dramatic arc. There is no character growth or building of relationships. At times it feels as though there are several solo performers each telling their own stories. The cast works admirably with the material they are provided but are not afforded the time or circumstance for them to form strong bonds. Except for the final scenes, they appear as personalities rather than people."
Read more