ridiculous rating

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

i found this film by chance on telly, was instantly captivated by 'molly' the little girl,a fantastic actress for her age, the premise drew me in, and i wanted to know what would happen. I don't usually cry in films, but i blubbered a few times in this, when the molly first speaks, i had tears running down my cheeks i couldn't stop,the story maybe predictable, but i didn't care. Usual mix race relationship problems were encountered and conquered , The children are really the stars, with their antics, ans humour. I n fact im glad i taped it for my wife to watch so i can watch it again.i would recommend this to anybody who needs cheering up, has a great soundtrack, is based in the 50's so nice cars, and fashions.full marks all round . ten out of ten, only because there is no 11.

I love the start of the movie: Feet and shoes of people in the funeral. We do not know how the mother died. They do not tell and we do not really need. I like movies that does not give excess information. It is also beautifully tangent with race issues without poking our eyes about it. Children's part in the movie was extra beautiful! There is a wonderful scene that starts with the gospel song "This little light of mine" where black and white kids are on the tree and asking each other "Do you taste like chocolate?" and the other asks "Do you taste like vanilla?" and then they lick each other to see. This is not just a cute movie but also simply substantial.

"Corrina Corrina" is very much a film of the 1990s set in the 1950s. Miss Goldberg uses her tried and trusted "Feisty Black Woman" schtick but it doesn't sit well in a movie set in an era when,whether we like it or not,black people behaved very differently amongst white people. The Little Rock desegregation episode occurred as late as 1957 and the Civil Rights marches were some time in the future,few blacks felt secure enough to go against the wishes of their white employers or even cuss and swear in their presence. Clearly there is a strong political edge to this movie,it could hardly be otherwise given our current obsession with racial and religious tensions both in the U.S and the U.K.Black Christian woman and white atheist Jew fall in love - I'm not sure how convincingly - but conveniently,for the very basis of the movie is that love laughs at locksmiths.Would that it were true. From "Romeo and Juliet" onwards playwrights have been telling us it isn't,but we're still clinging on to the hope. A few remarkable people succeeded in ignoring the social pressures,but even in the 21st century race and religion are barriers that can prove insurmountable. Commendably, in "Corrina Corrina" nobody pretends it's going to be easy for Mr Liotta and Miss Goldberg.It is a measure of the film's effectiveness that I felt concerned for their future. There is some wonderful music,we hear Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson doing "You go to my head" and Mr Liotta and Miss Goldberg duet Bill Evans' "Peace piece" on the piano quite delightfully.The title of the film is derived from an old blues song. Despite the caveat of my first paragraph I did enjoy this movie. As the lights went up I realised that hope springs eternal in the human breast - even mine.

I think, what I have seen lacking in the comments about this film, are the sociological aspects that are addressed. In my opinion, the film is not just a sweet story, it speaks of the issues that our society has about both race and about social class in our society - both in the 50's as well as today. It IS a movie about love across social boundaries, it can also speak to the seeming obsession of society about the differences of, not only race, but also religion. What is wonderful about this movie is that it shows that this obsession goes both ways. And it has come to a point where, understandably,members of the most persecuted groups in out society, end up in situations, like in Corrina, Corrina, where they themselves are pressured by their own family and community to sever the relationship that they want to be in. This movie shows the pressure that both "sides" go through when deciding to enter an inter-racial or even an inter-faith relationship, and it shows that sometimes the pressure put on the member of a certain group in society goes through, more because their community feels, although often for good reasons, that the person of the "dominant" community, whatever it may be in whatever society, is not to be trusted. This movie shows that sometimes love and trust are true, regardless of the real and regardless of the sometimes imagined boundaries that society can place between people.