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Plot: 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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Recent Reviews

  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    September 7, 2008
    Rare to find a movie about an interacial couple in the 1950's. One can only imagine how hard it must have been for familes like theirs back in the day.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    July 31, 2008
    Whoopi Goldberg is fantastic as the Nanny who grows to love the little girl as a daughter. It was so beautiful how her character got the little girl to talk again after she'd been walking around mute since her mother died. Ray Liotta played a fantastic role as her love interest and the girl's father. Great movie to watch on a night in if you like a good weepie...hankie's at the ready!
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 14, 2008
    i loved this movie, the story itself is great and placing it in the 50's is quite a jump into things. ray liotta is one of my favorites, as is whoopi goldberg, they did a super job. very touching.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 17, 2008
    I really liked this movie. I liked Whoopi's character and really felt like it was believable. Ray Liotta is pretty good too. :)
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 8, 2008
    i really like this film, the three main actors are great, its a sweet funny and nice film. worth watching.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 11, 2008
    this is such an underrated movie for both Ray and Whoopi....make sure u have some kleenex ready...i cry almost every time.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 10, 2008
    one of whoopi's best films i swear! amazing and a perfect decade to set the film in i mean in the 50's that was considered rong almost LOVE THE FILM!!!!
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    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.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    December 19, 2007
    Oh my I really liked this movie.That little girl was so lucky to fing Corrina after her mother died.Corrina and her father made her life turn better again:)
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    December 13, 2007
    I LOVE this movie!! Such a heart warming story.

    Whoopi did a really good job in this and tina majorino is too cute!
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    November 23, 2007
    whoopi golodberg as always is entertaining and funny as ever. i like this film. its light and its about family.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 18, 2007
    I honestly could watch this movie everyday! Its so warm and sweet and just great. TIs a great movie.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    October 25, 2007
    My mom used to hide this movie from me because I would watch it over and over...I think its a cute movie.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    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.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 3, 2007
    Love it. A feel good movie. Ray Liotta and Whoopi Goldberg are excellent in this movie. The last movie Don Ameche did and even though he had suffered a stroke prior, he still did so well in his role. Love it 100%
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    August 15, 2007
    omg! i love this movie, its one of the best ever! every time we stop at a stoplight i blow at it...(get ur head out of the gutter, u nasty sicko! lmao! j/k)...but yea its very good!
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    August 8, 2007
    Was very good feel good movie. Really shows what life was like back then, and how people will treat you even now.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 29, 2007
    I think I watched this movie 3 times in a row the first time I rented it. I love all the 50's cultural images intertwined with this feel good story of loss and love.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 16, 2007
    A really sweet movie. Loved Whoopi's performance. A genuine movie. That little girl is so cute. A great cast.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    July 14, 2007
    I was touched by little Tina Majorino's acting especially in the scene with Corrina in which she says if her mom is dead, then she wants to be dead too.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 13, 2007
    This is one of the best aw'shucks how cute type movies ever. It's very emotionally fulfilling. I've said for years this would be great material for a musical but nobody seems to like to listen to me. This is definately a great family movie, with some adult themes.

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  • ashleyannl
    I love this Movie, really sooo adorable, awsome and romantice <3
    posted 545 days ago