Memorable, crazy movie

A Masterpiece!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Continuing my plan to watch every Eddie Murphy movie in order, I come to his last movie to daye, Mr Church (2016)Plot In A Paragraph: Mr Church (Murphy) goes to work for single Mom Marie and her daughter Charlotte for 6 months. What develops is a deep bond that lasts for years.If there was a movie worth coming out of retirement for, this was it. He is superb. Of rank this up there with Dreamgirls in terms of his performance, he is that good!! Murphy is ably backed up by Natasha McElhone, who is as reliable as always and Britt Robertson is impressive too. I watched this with my youngest, and we both enjoyed it!! I'm not ashamed to admit that I cried towards the end, if this is the last movie makes, it is a fitting movie to go out on!! He made me laugh with his first movie, and cry with his last. I admire the fact that he said he would retire at 50, and with the exception of this movie, he has done it. If he comes out of retirement to make a solid movie like this every couple of years, I'd be happy. Mr Church only received a limited release in theatres, which is a shame.

Pleasantly surprising and good. It's obvious what you're getting into before seeing Mr. Church. A black man becomes a prominent figure in a white family. What the writers and actors do from there decides how the audience will react. They nailed it. There's so much depth to the two main characters. In the end you love them both. This movie did everything set out to do, except probably make more money at the box office.

Yes, it is a tear jerker. So what? In fact i haven't seen an 11 Kleenex movie in a decade until this one, which i discovered on Amazon Prime. This movie is about family. We all know by now, 'tho some of us don't accept, apparently, that a family can be any combination of sexes, races, ages and what have you. Family is a group that supports and loves you, takes care of you when you need care and has fun with you when fun is possible. The acting in this movie is subtle and honest. Eddie Murphy, like Robin Williams, is a comedian who can also be a disciplined actor given a wonderful director like Bruce Beresford and a good script. Kudus to all the cast and crew. I'm only rating it a 9 because some folks think tear jerkers can't be good movies. I do, but the 9 is a slight warning to those unenlightened ones.

Yes, I totally agree that this was somehow a sweet family movie, heartwarming at times, nice to watch if you have nothing better to do, but I can't over the fact that it was absolutely unrealistic. I was reading the reviews hoping that someone would share my opinion. Usually, I am shocked by the negative reviews on movies I truly like, that possess depth & likable characters, but this one had mostly perfect ratings and I cannot not ask: Why? There were so many things that did not make any sense at all: the biggest reveal was that Mr. Church played the piano? Why did he come home drunk every night? Like he wasn't out partying, he was playing the piano, right? I got it, there was some daddy drama, but things just didn't seem convincing to me! And Charlie just went to live with him after he had been trying for so long to hide every information about his personal life? She went to spend her holiday there for a few days and she ended up staying there a few years??? She even moved there with her daughter, which leads me to: a daughter?! Just because her mother got pregnant, that doesn't make it very plausible for her to get pregnant and be totally okay with it. This movie seemed really exaggerated and it even made me feel uncomfortable at times.