Return to Terms of Endearment

Rating: 2/10 (11 February 2007)

James Brooks is clearly at the center of this mess. First, he dishes out the totally lame Terms of Endearment, then he goes back to the same formula of TV-like performances, to the oohs and ahhhs of the Oscar voters, to give us As Good As it Gets, which could almost be its cousin. What is the attraction for these over the top, unrealistic performances?? Nicholson was leading actor in both, and they both stunk. As Good As it Gets goes on forever, like a bad soap opera that won't end, just like "Terms" did. All three leading actors have done so much better in other efforts, but I put the blame on "Mary Tyler Brooks" for making this pastiche as nauseatingly bad as it is. These two movies make a good case for having chimpanzees choose Oscar winners.