Clara's Heart

Clara's Heart (1988)

  • 38% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 68% of users liked it
    (1,582 ratings)

In this sentimental coming-of-age drama, directed by Richard Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird) and written by Mark Medoff (Children of a Lesser God), Whoopi Goldberg plays Clara Mayfield, whom Leona Hart (Kathleen Quinlan) meets up with in Jamaica, where Leona retreats to mourn the death of her baby… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 55 min.
Directed By
Robert Mulligan
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Oct 7, 1988 Wide
Warner Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Touching film about the friendship between a Jamaican housekeeper and a young boy.

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  • Keysha H


    The accents make this film have a little more humor than it should. But the story is good. Whoopi is great and the Neil Patrick Harris played a very complex kid.

  • Leo L


    Good movie! Something I don't mind watching every now and then.

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