Mr. Church

  • Drama
9/16/2016
104
PG-13

He was the one person she could always count on.

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

Budget:
$8,000,000

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  • Rangan

    People come together for a reason, but stay together for no reason.

    According to me this film was silently made. I mean we only anticipate big production films and current famous director, actors' films, particularly the science fiction and superhero films as they are the trend now. The promotion begins from the day it was announced. So I did not realise when this one started to come to exist. But when I did come to know, all I know was it is an Eddie Murphy's film and I should give it a try. Because I felt like I haven't seen him for a decade.

    After watching it, I totally stunned and asked myself is this the same Eddie we used to enjoy his comedies? Yep, but no. I mean the guy was the same, but I saw completely a new of him as an...

    December 4, 2016
  • narrator56

    I never noticed this movie around the time it came out, but I think Eddie Murphy is always worth a look, so I belatedly did just that.

    I thought this movie was okay, but it didnt grab me by the heart like I think it meant to, and I am not sure why. They drew a deep character in Mr. Church, making him compassionate and loyal on one hand, but complex in other ways such as coming home drunk and aggressive. There were a couple other minor revelations about him that never felt tied together or explained to me.

    I liked the direction two of the men in Charlies life went because of interaction with her, and so it seemed almost wasted to have the father of her child be a throwaway character who didnt want anything to do with his own child. I...

    December 2, 2020

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