Are they allowed to live?
The deathbed is emotionally elevated and functions as family closure.
Terms of Endearment
1983 · Paramount · Theatrical
FAIL
Summary
The film follows the complicated, decades-long relationship between Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma. As Emma's marriage and family life change, she is diagnosed with terminal cancer and her relatives gather around her.
Why it fails
Does the medical reality hold up?
Diagnosis-to-death is narratively compressed with limited staging/treatment detail.