A little girl, traumatized by her mother's death, comes out of her shell to nudge her father and their black housekeeper (jazz lovers both) into romance. The writer-director, Jessie Nelson, does a lot of nudging also, making double sure we know precisely how we're supposed to feel about everything and everybody (the parade of prospective housekeepers in the interview montage, the middle-class divorcee on the make, etc.). The action is set in the 1950s, and the production values drive the point home with more than an occasional nudge; more like a constant barrage. Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Tina Majorino, Wendy Crewson, Joan Cusack. (1994) — Duncan Shepherd
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