Corrina, Corrina

Corrina Corrina (1994)

  • 35% of critics liked it
    (17 reviews)

  • 64% of users liked it
    (48,002 ratings)

In this comedy-drama set in the late 1950s, Manny Singer (Ray Liotta) is a songwriter who makes his living penning jingles for radio and television commercials. Manny's wife has recently died, leaving him an emotionally broken man; Manny buries himself in his work rather than deal with his… More

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PG,
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Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 12, 1994 Wide
Turner Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Frank Ochieng, Movie Eye

    A preachy and manipulative tearjerkering melodrama that mishandles its pseudo-emotional longwindedness. Goldberg and Liotta derved better than this punctuated pap

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Whoopi, Whoopi, no, no.

  • Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

    Whoopi's performance makes it watchable.

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    Actually fairly entertaining in a boring sort of way.

  • Beth Jones, Roanoke Times (Virginia)

    An overlooked gem

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Alice S


    A perfect little movie. A heartwarming story about the healing process, an impressive performance from a child actor, effective handling of a divisive issue (in this case, race and interracial relationships), and nice bits of music, from Manny's commercial jingles to his… More

  • Candy R


    Movie about a broken family. A man's wife dies and he employs a housekeeper to help bring up his daughter. Good cast.

  • Red L


    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.

  • Lafe F


    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,… More

  • Sunil J


    It's okay.

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