mother-daughter love

Lesly 2022-03-25 09:01:10

Daughter Emma (played by Debra Winger) is the darling of her mother Aurora (played by Shirley MacLaine). Since childhood, Aurora has helped Emma arrange everything. Talking and acting, grooming, studying, playing, making friends, etc. must be approved by Aurora.
After her husband died prematurely, Aurora took care of everything in the family and became more "authoritarian" to Emma. Although Emma is very gentle and weak, she is very stubborn in her heart. The two mothers and daughters also quarreled many times. Aurora has never accepted the pursuit of other men, and Emma has also grown up with her mother, stumbling and stumbling.
When she grew up, Emma began to try her best to get rid of her mother's "dictatorship": she ignored her mother's objection and married a graduate student with an unstable job... She spent thirty years trying to get rid of her mother's "dictatorship", but in the end she found herself The unforgettable Yiyi affection for her mother.

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Terms of Endearment quotes

  • Aurora Greenway: You are not special enough to overcome a bad marriage.

  • Dr. Maise: We do more and more on an outpatient basis. We shouldn't need to take her back, unless the illness escalates.

    Aurora Greenway: But you're not telling me anything.

    Dr. Maise: What are you confused about?

    Aurora Greenway: How is she?

    Dr. Maise: I tell people to hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

    Aurora Greenway: And they let you get away with that?