review of Corrina Corrina
Added 11/5/2009
I absolutely love this movie. The movie was in good shape, which is a plus. I can really relate to it. I bought the movie because it is one of my favs!
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It's the little things that make this movie great!
Added 10/19/2009
This is a interracial movie that is not heavy handed. Corrina (Whoopi Goldberg) needs a job. She has a college education, but can't find anything other than domestic work. Hey, it's the fifties. Manny (Ray Liotta) has lost his wife and is grieving. He needs a housekeeper. In comes Corrina. There are scenes in this movie that really did it for me. First Molly the daughter does not talk, unable to understand why her mommy is gone. She continually plays a portion of a song her mother started teaching her and stares at her mother's picture. Corrina waits until Manny leaves and sits down and plays the song with Molly. This is the act that helps Molly to open up. Manny starts falling for Corrina and isn't even aware of it. His parents can see it coming and so can her sister. His mom watches at Molly's party (Jenny not invited) as he takes a cigarette she's smoking and puts it in his mouth. Corrina stays at the Singer household way past what is considered normal and does not even request overtime. When Corrina becomes jealous when Manny's friend Jenny shows up uninvited, she threatens to quit.
The smirk on Manny's face when she gives her 'time and a half for overtime' speech lets the audience know that there's more feelings between them than just a working relationship. The kiss under the moonlight as they dance was one of the most romantic I have seen in movies in a long time. It is his father's death that makes him realize how much he misses Corrina and wants her in his life. When Jenny takes the vase that Corrina had broken and glued back together, Manny protests saying that he likes the cracks. Unable to convince Jenny and not willing to tell her why he really wants the vase to remain as is (because it reminds him of Corrina) he takes it from her and smashes it. Manny coming to get Corrina in the end and her letting him know that she would not return as his employee opened the door to the beginning of them publicly acknowledging their relationship first to her family and then to his. The only downside was the ending. I wish they had showed the conversation between Corrina, Manny and his mother that was at the end of the credits.
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Corrina, Corrina
Added 9/27/2009
Great movie - fun to watch. As always, Whoopi Goldberg is fabulous. Romance - Comedy.
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Watched this movie on VHS years ago. Loved it. Saw it on DVD at a really good price and bought it. It's a great movie.
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Such a sweet movie
Added 7/2/2009
I started watching this on TV and missed the ending -- cheaper to buy than to rent. It's a sweet story and I liked it.
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review of Corrina Corrina
Added 11/5/2009
I absolutely love this movie. The movie was in good shape, which is a plus. I can really relate to it. I bought the movie because it is one of my favs!
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It's the little things that make this movie great!
Added 10/19/2009
This is a interracial movie that is not heavy handed. Corrina (Whoopi Goldberg) needs a job. She has a college education, but can't find anything other than domestic work. Hey, it's the fifties. Manny (Ray Liotta) has lost his wife and is grieving. He needs a housekeeper. In comes Corrina. There are scenes in this movie that really did it for me. First Molly the daughter does not talk, unable to understand why her mommy is gone. She continually plays a portion of a song her mother started teaching her and stares at her mother's picture. Corrina waits until Manny leaves and sits down and plays the song with Molly. This is the act that helps Molly to open up. Manny starts falling for Corrina and isn't even aware of it. His parents can see it coming and so can her sister. His mom watches at Molly's party (Jenny not invited) as he takes a cigarette she's smoking and puts it in his mouth. Corrina stays at the Singer household way past what is considered normal and does not even request overtime. When Corrina becomes jealous when Manny's friend Jenny shows up uninvited, she threatens to quit.
The smirk on Manny's face when she gives her 'time and a half for overtime' speech lets the audience know that there's more feelings between them than just a working relationship. The kiss under the moonlight as they dance was one of the most romantic I have seen in movies in a long time. It is his father's death that makes him realize how much he misses Corrina and wants her in his life. When Jenny takes the vase that Corrina had broken and glued back together, Manny protests saying that he likes the cracks. Unable to convince Jenny and not willing to tell her why he really wants the vase to remain as is (because it reminds him of Corrina) he takes it from her and smashes it. Manny coming to get Corrina in the end and her letting him know that she would not return as his employee opened the door to the beginning of them publicly acknowledging their relationship first to her family and then to his. The only downside was the ending. I wish they had showed the conversation between Corrina, Manny and his mother that was at the end of the credits.
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Corrina, Corrina
Added 9/27/2009
Great movie - fun to watch. As always, Whoopi Goldberg is fabulous. Romance - Comedy.
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