what a piece of crap and very disappointing should never have be make . where be the original actor there no jeff daniel and no danny de vito and the character of patsy be slim and pretty and smart and sophisticated in the first film but now shes replace by some heavy actress who just act dumb all the way through . term of endearment be one of the best film i ever saw but this one make it look really bad . too long and draw out and what a shame that all the child turn out bad and that there father isn not in the picture . in the first he seem to be there a lot but and how can he just never see them again after his wife die how do that happen .