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starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris, Spalding Graydirected by: Robert Mulligan
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302878714
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302878713
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: September 29, 1993
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 376
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 07, 1988
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
One from the prefab feel-good section, about the relationship between what's now called a child-care-giver (and used to be called a nanny) and the young boy she looks after. In this case, the nanny is a Jamaican named Clara, played with appropriate warmth and dialect by Whoopi Goldberg--and her charge is played by Neil Patrick Harris, who would go on to become Doogie Howser. This one is strictly for the bleeding-heart set, with Clara as the all-knowing source of wisdom in a crazy world, enabling the go-go life of her yuppie employers, while she opens their little boy's eyes to how the other half lives, even teaching him Jamaican patois. This film doesn't just tug at the heartstrings--it attempts to yank them clean out of the chest. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - "A Powerful Force"
This film is more than it wants to be. The critic and cynic in me would gleefully join Mr. Marshall Fine in enumerating the many ways this film tries to manipulate its audience. First on my list would be the score by Dave Grusin which acts as a musical leash to pull the audience where they probably would have gone anyway. But that is where I will stop, because although the film does everything in its power to convince us it's the cinematic equivalent of Prozac, it betrays this image by containing ... Read More
Rating:  - Deserving the DVD Treatment
Fine performances from Goldberg and Harris, it's their movie, set against a nice panorama of Baltimore. Harris's tune lingers to this day. Quinlan conveys very well both the sympathetic and unsympathetic aspects of her character, with Onkean well cast as the (largely) upstaged father. Understated turn by Spalding Gray, as well.
Long overdue for a remastered, widescreen DVD edition.
Rating:  - Didn't Want It To End!
"Clara's Heart" is a film that once again showcases the great talent of Whoopi Goldberg. She can make us laugh, she can make us cry. In this film, we fall in love with her "Clara" in the short span of little more then 100 minutes and hate to have to leave her when it's time. We want to spend just a few more minutes with this wonderful person.
A family is overcome by the grief at the loss of their baby, who died of crib death. The parents are so self-absorbed with their own feelings, they ... Read More
Rating: - NOW HERE IS AN EXCELLENT WHOPPI GOLDBERG VEHICLE.
THIS MOVIE IS A REAL TEAR JERKER.WHOPPI PLAYS A JAMACIAN CARE GIVER.SHE IS TO TAKE CARE OF A LITTLE BOY.SHE HAS TO TEACH HIM HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES.THIS MOVIE IS NOT ONLY A TEAR-JERKER,IT WILL MELT YOUR HEART.THE BOY IS NEIL PATRICK HAUSER,DOOGIE HOUSER THIS MOVIE IS VERY SPECIAL.THE REVIEW APPLIES TO THE VHS EDITION,IF YOU CAN FIND IT. !!!SAY HOW ABOUT THE DVD RELEASE!!! UPDATE 7/11/07. THERE IS A EUROPEAN RELEASE ON REGION 2 THAT IS OFFICIAL! AND IS WIDESCREEN! YES ON WARNER BROTHERS IN GERMANY 7 ... Read More
Rating: - Love Whoopie
This is another wonderful movie with Whoopie in it. She is a A+ actress & she only does good stories. If you like her you will love this movie. It is one of her best. If you don't have this movie buy it. You won't be disappointed. Love you Whoopie.
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