One Sentence Plot Summary: Daughter of a dysfunctional mom gets in a dysfunctional marriage and has dysfunctionsal relationships with her kids.
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, Betty King, John Lithgow, Megan Morris, Mikhail Baryshnikov, David Wohl, Albert Brooks, Mary Kay Place
Best of: Jack Nicholson's character and plot line are pretty fun.
Worst of: It's relatively plotless, which can work for a novel...but not so much for a movie. A little less sap wouldn't hurt either.
Notable: Upon completing the film, James L. Brooks was given a gift of a book of cartoons by Matt Groening. This was his first exposure to Groening. The two would go on to create the Simpsons together.
Also nominated: The Right Stuff, Tender Mercies.
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