Made In America (1993)
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29% of critics liked it
(28 reviews) -
37% of users liked it
(42,006 ratings)
Richard Benjamin directed this farce that plays like "Guess Who's Coming for Insemination?" Whoopi Goldberg stars as Sarah Matthews, who runs an African-American oriented bookstore in Oakland. She is raising her daughter, a beautiful high school student named Zora (Nia Long), on her… More Richard Benjamin directed this farce that plays like "Guess Who's Coming for Insemination?" Whoopi Goldberg stars as Sarah Matthews, who runs an African-American oriented bookstore in Oakland. She is raising her daughter, a beautiful high school student named Zora (Nia Long), on her own after her husband's death many years earlier. As a result of a science class blood test, Zora discovers that the man she thought was her father actually wasn't. Instead Zora finds she was the result of artificial insemination. After researching the sperm bank's records, Zora discovers, much to the surprise of Sarah and herself, that the anonymous sperm donor is in fact, Hal Jackson (Ted Danson), a loud, crude obnoxious (and white) used-car dealer who advertises on late-night television. Zora visits Hal while he is filming a commercial and Hal brushes her off. Enraged, Sarah tells Hal off, but after meeting Zora he now feels a paternal itch. Not only that, but he is beginning to feel an attraction to Sarah. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Benjamin
- Written By
- Holly Goldberg Sloan
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- May 28, 1993 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
This first-time screenplay by Holly Goldberg Sloan feels more like an outline, and director Richard Benjamin doesn't seem to know quite what to do with it.
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Neil Cohen, Echo Magazine
A fun time capsule with a very likable cast.
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
Has anyone else noticed the apparent subtext that black men are unstable and unreliable, and only a white man can be sensitive to a black woman's needs?
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Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum
About the least funny comedy ever created.
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Cast
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Whoopi Goldberg
as Sarah Matthews
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Ted Danson
as Hal Jackson
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Will Smith
as Tea Cake Walters
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Nia Long
as Zora Matthews
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Paul Rodriguez
as Jose
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Jennifer Tilly
as Stacy
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Peggy Rea
as Alberta
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Phyllis Avery
as White Woman 1
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Frances Bergen
as White Woman 2
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David Bowe
as Teddy
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Clyde Kusatsu
as Bob Takashima
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Michael Halton
as Stew
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Lu Leonard
as Clinic Nurse
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Joe Lerer
as Hospital Doctor
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William John Murphy
as P.A. #1
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Mel Stewart
as Principal Rockwell
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Rawley Valverde
as Diego
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Jeffrey Joseph
as James
- Reuben Cannon
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O'Neal Compton
as Rocky
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Charlene Fernetz
as Paula
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Shaun Levy
as Dwayne

