Mr. Church (2016)

Release date: 2016-11-11
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Bruce Beresford
Production Co: Cinelou Films, Envision Media Arts, Shenghua Entertainment
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: 7.6/10
Length: 1h 44min

Storyline

"Mr. Church" tells the story of a unique friendship that develops when a little girl and her dying mother retain the services of a talented cook - Henry Joseph Church. What begins as a six month arrangement instead spans into fifteen years and creates a family bond that lasts forever.

Plot Keywords

character name as title, college, elementary school, high school, teenage boy, teenage girl, teenager, baby, cook, driving, cancer, breast cancer, jazz, prom, inspired by true events, book, little girl, coughing, dancing, dance

Short Review

It's repugnant for its dehumanizing view (however unintentionally so) of a black man, and repugnant for its emptying-out of one of the great black performers of the time into a sanitized symbol of acceptable blackness.