Don Ameche, Erica Yohn, Jenifer Lewis

Ray Liotta plays a 1950s jingle composer whose wife dies, leaving him to raise their grieving young daughter (Tina Majorino) alone. Dad hires an African-American housekeeper (Whoopi Goldberg), who hel...( read more  read more... )ps fill the gap in the child's life--and then Dad's life--and soon an interracial relationship crossing the social mores of the era is underway. Written and directed by Jessie Nelson, the film is a spot-on recreation of '50s suburbia without gratuitous kitsch. Liotta is perfect as a working man of the day, given to white shirts and narrow ties; Goldberg gives one of her finest performances as the levelheaded Corrina; and little Majorino is heartbreakingly effective. But the film entirely bears the stamp of one person, and that's Nelson, who has a wonderfully witty eye and a sophisticated but sensitive approach to the crosscurrents of emotion at play in this story. --Tom Keogh

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PG, 115 min.

Directed by: Jessie Nelson

Release Date: August 12, 1994

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DVD Release Date: December 21, 1999

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  • January 5, 2008
    Movie about a broken family. A man's wife dies and he employs a housekeeper to help bring up his daughter. Good cast.
  • September 16, 2007
    Absolutely moving, inspirational, funny and brilliant...
  • September 8, 2007
    An OK movie. It is too bad that race matters. I thought the three main actors - Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta and Tina Majorino (as Ray's kid) did a wonderful job.
  • August 20, 2007
    A few flaws but otherwise enjoyable movie, may be boring moments but only fleeting ones.
  • July 26, 2007
    Whoopi Goldberg plays a nanny to a girl who just lost her mother, in this well-done, enjoyable and fun movie. It's similar to her other movie "Clara's Heart" where she was a housekeeper to a little boy (Neil Patrick Harris), also a good movie. "Corrina, Corrina" works. The little...( read more) girl (Tina Majorino) is sweet and believable, trying to overcome the loss of her mother. A bit awkward is the casting of Ray Liotta as the disturbed father.
  • November 13, 2009
    One of the few not-comedy not-horror movies I like. It's actually really good.
  • September 23, 2009
    lovely movie.. truly lovely
  • June 30, 2009
    very sweet movie. not that i was even an idea during the 50s, but it seems like a very good, light-hearted take on the situation.
  • June 28, 2009
    One of my very favorite movies! The actors really brought out the characters perfectly, the soundtrack is one of the best I've heard. A really enjoyable, and thoughtful movie.
  • June 26, 2009
    Baby Mac from Veronica Mars!

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    April 15, 2007
    I love this Movie, really sooo adorable, awsome and romantice <3

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