The Evening Star is a 1996 romance comedy-drama movie. It is about a dysfunctional family in Houston, Texas. Shirley MacLaine plays Aurora Greenway, Juliette Lewis plays Melanie Horton and Miranda Richardson plays Patsy Carpenter. This movie was released on Christmas 1996 in the United States. It is a sequel to "Terms of Endearment" "The Evening Star" got negative reviews from critics. It performed poorly at the box office. The movie is set in the years between 1988 and 1993.