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The Evening Star

Play trailer Poster for The Evening Star PG-13,  1996,  2h 10m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 20% 35 Reviews Tomatometer 62% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
20% Tomatometer 35 Reviews 62% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
A spunky woman (Shirley MacLaine) copes with her troubled adult grandchildren, feuds with an enemy and has a fling with a younger man (Bill Paxton).
The Evening Star

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Critics Consensus

Even taken on its own terms, there's nothing terribly endearing about this belated sequel.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Sep 7, 2011
C+
Any crying in response to this unexceptional sequel occurs strictly on a one-tear-at-a-time basis. Go to Full Review
Tom Charity Time Out Jan 26, 2006
This adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel irons out depth without tightening up a baggy shapeless narrative. Go to Full Review
Janet Maslin New York Times May 20, 2003
Ms. MacLaine cuts a tart, indefatigable figure who seems much tougher and more likable than anything she's given to say. Go to Full Review
Dan DiNicola The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) Apr 10, 2026
C+
The results are at best mixed. The problem is that this is too much a melodrama and much too long. Go to Full Review
Malcolm L. Johnson Hartford Courant May 29, 2018
Almost plotlessly, like a slackly paced television soap, Star runs on and on, trying to twinkle. Go to Full Review
Betsy Bozdech DVDJournal.com Oct 21, 2006
2.5/4
The Evening Star's main shortcoming is that it lacks Terms' firm center; there's no one mainstay relationship ... at the heart of the sequel, and it suffers. Go to Full Review
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Robert Harling

Director

Shirley MacLaine

Aurora Greenway

Bill Paxton

Jerry Bruckner

Juliette Lewis

Melanie Horton

Miranda Richardson

Patsy Carpenter

Ben Johnson

Arthur Cotton

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The Evening Star

The Evening Star: Official Clip - Lola Meet Aurora The Evening Star: Official Clip - Lola Meet Aurora 1:53 Now Playing The Evening Star: Official Clip - A Call to Granny The Evening Star: Official Clip - A Call to Granny 2:13 Now Playing The Evening Star: Official Clip - Once Upon a Time We Were a Family The Evening Star: Official Clip - Once Upon a Time We Were a Family 2:07 Now Playing The Evening Star: Official Clip - It's Important to Have Enemies The Evening Star: Official Clip - It's Important to Have Enemies 2:13 Now Playing The Evening Star: Official Clip - Do You Want to Sleep With Me? The Evening Star: Official Clip - Do You Want to Sleep With Me? 2:10 Now Playing The Evening Star: Official Clip - Tommy Takes the Brownies The Evening Star: Official Clip - Tommy Takes the Brownies 2:12 Now Playing The Evening Star: Official Clip - I Was Loved The Evening Star: Official Clip - I Was Loved 2:10 Now Playing The Evening Star: Official Clip - Make A Wish The Evening Star: Official Clip - Make A Wish 2:13 Now Playing View more videos

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Movie Info

Synopsis A spunky woman (Shirley MacLaine) copes with her troubled adult grandchildren, feuds with an enemy and has a fling with a younger man (Bill Paxton).
Director
Robert Harling
Producer
David Paul Kirkpatrick, Polly Platt, Keith Samples
Screenwriter
Robert Harling
Production Co
Rysher Entertainment
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.7M
Runtime
2h 10m
Sound Mix
Surround
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