
When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople.... (Full plot summary below)
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When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople.
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| Movie EyeFrank OchiengA preachy and manipulative tearjerkering melodrama that mishandles its pseudo-emotional longwindedness. Goldberg and Liotta derved better than this punctuated pap |
| Hartford CourantOwen McNallyWhoopi's great triumph is that she plays the kind of maid that has never been seen on the screen before...Whoopi's liberated maid is a symbolic payback of sorts for all those years of silver screen servitude for black actresses. |
| User ReviewAlisa SAnother all time favorite I can watch tirelessly. Whoopi Goldberg's best character. |
| User ReviewVaNeSsA HGR8 FAMILY MOVIE!!~reminded me of some hard thingz i had 2 deal with az a child. n' tha way whoopi goldbergz character dealt w/ tha lil gyrl wz AMAZING!! MUST C, MUST OWN!!~ |
| User ReviewJeri Tsuch an adorable movie, I'm not always the biggest liotta fan but I adored him in this |
| User ReviewSusan SCorina Corina was not a typical box office driven film, but more like an art film with subtle, quiet scenes of despair and loneliness uncharacteristic of American cinema. Whoopie Goldberg as Corina, hired by a bereft father, Manny Singer (played by Ray Alioto) who has just lost his wife, is an unusual caretaker and maid. Black, educated and enlightened toward the needs of Manny's young daughter, Molly, (Tina Majorino) Goldberg plays this role almost effortlessly, as if it were made for her. She slowly introduces the young child to concepts of an afterlife, and quietly invades the father's shutdown state with her delicate, ad hoc approach to grief. The slow pace and lack of peak moments might bother the average American viewer, but the slow, steady bonds that develop among the characters are laced with humor and sensitivity. In fact, this film succeeds wildly in its effort to depict the genuine connection here between employee and family. It surpasses the typical 'race' film by minimizing the social milieu and instead emphasizing the personalities of the characters, making this film a genuine classic. Goldberg works out her relationship with sister and family with the same quiet fortitude she brings to her two grieving charges. Throughout the film each move she makes and each scene in which she brings life to the little girl, and to her sister's children, stand out as crystalline examples of the power of simply, homely love. Eventually she makes a decision on her own to keep the little girl out of school, causing a rift between her and Alioto; this too, after one inflamed passage between them of strain and alienation. is expressed quietly, and resolves in the last moments when the two at last must face the intensity and endurance of their relationship. An incredibly moving and authentic picture of life without the usual American film clichés. |
| User ReviewEbony SGood Sunday afternoon movie for the family!!! Love a bit of whoopi!!! |
| User ReviewMatt RAmazingggg. loved the plot loved, the cinematography. the movie was simply divine. love the time period it's set in and all the acting is sublime. One of my fav childhood movies and still is |
| User ReviewGreg WYESSSSS--I love it, and Ray Liotta is cool* |
| User ReviewLetesha SI love it just because it's sappy but not the typical way |