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A Jamaican woman becomes the housekeeper for a rich Baltimore family and bonds with a disillusioned teenage boy.A Jamaican woman becomes the housekeeper for a rich Baltimore family and bonds with a disillusioned teenage boy.A Jamaican woman becomes the housekeeper for a rich Baltimore family and bonds with a disillusioned teenage boy.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
Frederick Strother
- Bundy
- (as Fred Strother)
Joseph Muth
- Father Joe
- (as Father Joseph Muth)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaFilm debut of Neil Patrick Harris.
- Quotes
Catherine the decorator: Um David, what do you think of your dad's apartment?
David Hart: Well, it's pretty goddamn ostentatious if you ask me, but of course that's just a kid's opinion. I mean, I don't even speak Italian. Are you sexually involved with my father?
- SoundtracksJamming
Written by Bob Marley
Performed by Bob Marley & The Wailers (as Bob Marley and The Wailers)
Courtesy of Island Records
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Beautiful and sad...
besides the fact that Whoopi Goldberg and Spalding Gray are in this film, this is a very nice set-piece for families in America, who "have it all" yet something is missing.
Whoopi Goldberg and Spalding Gray (recently deceased) are the bookends of a tragic story of yet another family that does not work out. Katherine Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris, and Michael Ontkean are the family, who cannot hold it together after a baby dies.
The shores of Baltimore are well-filmed and beautiful, as well as the scenes in Jamaica, where Quinlan befriends Goldberg, and learns about the complexities of life.
This is a film worth watching because there are no pat answers. The audience sees a story true to life, and empathizes with the actors. The cinematography is also noteworthy, and anyone who has experienced loss will not regret watching this film. 9/10.
Whoopi Goldberg and Spalding Gray (recently deceased) are the bookends of a tragic story of yet another family that does not work out. Katherine Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris, and Michael Ontkean are the family, who cannot hold it together after a baby dies.
The shores of Baltimore are well-filmed and beautiful, as well as the scenes in Jamaica, where Quinlan befriends Goldberg, and learns about the complexities of life.
This is a film worth watching because there are no pat answers. The audience sees a story true to life, and empathizes with the actors. The cinematography is also noteworthy, and anyone who has experienced loss will not regret watching this film. 9/10.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,194,491
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $588,869
- Oct 9, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $5,194,491
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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