James L. Brooks

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James L. Brooks - what members say

Terms Of Endearment review by from FLEET

2 April 2004
...nce involving, life, birth, seperation and death. The first piece of work from James L. Brooks deservedly won the Best Picture Oscar winner for 1983, a highly enjoyable very ... Read customer review

How Do You Know on DVD (2010)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd
Director: James L. Brooks
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A white collar executive must fight for the affections of a young woman with a professional baseball player.

53% from 6,732 members

How Do You Know - Blu-ray (2010)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd
Director: James L. Brooks
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Director James L. Brooks returns to the helm for this ensemble comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, Jack Nicholson, Paul Rudd, and Owen Wilson, which centres on the story of a passionate athlete who finds herself romantically torn between a narcissistic baseball star and a straight-laced businessman. ..read more »

52% from 2,665 members

Spanglish on DVD (2004)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Paz Vega
Director: James L. Brooks
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With SPANGLISH, writer/director/producer James L. Brooks (AS GOOD AS IT GETS) unfurls yet another accomplished, tender, romantic comedy. Celebrated chef John Clasky (Adam Sandler) is the patriarch of the Clasky household, but the mood swings of his hypersensitive wife, Deborah (Tea Leoni), are what ..read more »

58% from 27,407 members

As Good As It Gets on DVD (1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
Director: James L. Brooks
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Melvin Udall is a novelist who delights in his own ability to offend, repulse, affront and wound - not minding who he upsets in the process. It takes waitress Carol Connelly and the unexpected act of kindness of babysitting a neighbour's dog to put him back on track...

72% from 25,093 members

Broadcast News on DVD (1987)
Starring: William Hurt, Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks
Director: James L. Brooks
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Writer/director/producer James L. Brooks scores on all counts with this clear-eyed look at the television news business and the dysfunctional types who work in it. Brooks' intelligent script introduces us to Jane Craig (Holly Hunter), an ambitious producer at the network news division's Washington ..read more »

64% from 1,437 member

Terms Of Endearment on DVD (1983)
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson
Director: James L. Brooks
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TERMS OF ENDEARMENT is a deeply observed drama about the intimate relationship between a mother and daughter, based on the novel by Larry McMurtry. Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger are at their absolute best, with terrific support from Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, and John Lithgow. James L. ..read more »

64% from 5,805 members

How Do You Know - 2.5 stars
How Do You Know - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Spanglish - 3.0 stars
As Good As It Gets - 3.5 stars
Broadcast News - 3.0 stars

As Good As It Gets - 3.5 stars
Terms Of Endearment - 3.0 stars
Broadcast News - 3.0 stars
Spanglish - 3.0 stars
How Do You Know - 2.5 stars

How Do You Know - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
How Do You Know - 2.5 stars
Spanglish - 3.0 stars
Broadcast News - 3.0 stars
Terms Of Endearment - 3.0 stars

Jack Nicholson - 6 times - show films
Owen Wilson - 3 times - show films
Reese Witherspoon - 3 times - show films
Paul Rudd - 3 times - show films
Greg Kinnear - 2 times - show films