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In this sentimental coming-of-age drama, directed by Richard Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird) and written by Mark Medoff (Children of a Lesser God), Whoopi Goldberg plays Clara Mayfield, whom Leona Hart (Kathleen Quinlan) meets up with in Jamaica, where Leona retreats to mourn the death of her baby daughter. Leona comes from a rich Maryland family and she leaves her husband, Bill (Michael Ontkean), and her young son, David (Neil Patrick Harris), back in the States in order to achieve some
Oct 7, 1988 Wide
Warner Home Video
All Critics (13) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (5)
Touching film about the friendship between a Jamaican housekeeper and a young boy.
The accents make this film have a little more humor than it should. But the story is good. Whoopi is great and the Neil Patrick Harris played a very complex kid.
September 4, 2007Super Reviewer
Good movie! Something I don't mind watching every now and then.
January 3, 2008Super Reviewer
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