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A Feel-Good movie
I grew to love this movie after seeing it a few times on TV. It's about a man and his daughter trying to pull things back together after their wife/mother dies. The father hires a housekeeper who brings joy back into their lives. It's fun and has great emotion in it. It may not be a blockbuster film, but it is one that I can watch over and over.

Nooooo, we simply can't my darling, we simply can't.
This is one of my very favorite films. When young Molly Singer's mother dies, her father has to find someone to look after her while she's at work. So he hires Corrina Washington. (Whoppi Goldberg) At the start of the movie, Molly couldn't talk much because she was too upset about her mother's death. But Corrina taught her how to communicate. Some parts were funny like when Molly spat milk in her Aunt's face, some parts were sad like when the grandfather died, but I really did get a laugh about the part when Molly wanted to go swimming in the pool and Corrina said "Nooo, we simply can't my darling, we simply can't.



Whoopee!! It's Whoopi!
I am a Whoopi Goldberg fan, but most of the films I've seen her in have been comedic efforts. This movie bowled me over. Goldberg's acting is superb with so many different levels and nuances. She is perfectly cast as Corrina, the new housekeeper/angel who is hired to care for a recently widowed father and his withdrawn daughter. Her gentleness, no nonsense attitude, spirit, and intelligence make her a nearly perfect character. The complexities of an interracial relationship in the 50's are dealt with wonderfully as are themes of discrimination and tolerance. Ray Liotta is wonderful in his role as the jingle-writing dad and brings a depth and a realness to the role. Tina Majorino, as his daughter, is able to handle the roller-coaster of emotions of a girl who is confused and depressed about the loss of her mother; and yet she retains a spunk and a liveliness that slowly appears thanks to Corrina's understanding and influence. The movie is pure magic and shows the evolution of a family's grief from sorrow to hope. "Corrina, Corrina" is a must have.

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