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starring: Debbie Allen, Bebe Drake, Crystal R. Fox, Randy J. Goodwin, Ella Joycedirected by: Debbie Allen
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0794054854336
Format: NTSC
Label: Pbs (Direct)
Manufacturer: Pbs (Direct)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Pbs (Direct)
Release Date: July 24, 2001
Sales Rank: 33835
Studio: Pbs (Direct)
Theatrical Release Date: April 25, 2001
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Rating:  - Great Acting
These two sisters worked well together. It has the feel of a play but it is a movie. It leaves you thinking about the choices your mother had and how things are different now.
Rating:  - A Juicy drama with stellar performances!
"The Old Settler" will make you laugh,cry and think. It's a love story on several levels. It explores the love between sisters. The last chance at love for an "old maid", which is what an old settler is in today's terms. And also the older woman younger/ man love affair. It's both comedy and drama. And don't look for Claire Huxtable. She is not home. This is set in depression era Harlem. And it will hold your attention from beginning to end. A great story with an even greater cast! Kudos.
Rating: - Older people, especially women will find this movie enjoyable.
Phylicia Rashad plays "the old settler" (an outdated phrase meaning spinster). In the early 40's Elizabeth (Phylicia Rashad) takes in a young male boarder to help pay the rent. Her querulous sister who also lives with her doesn't like it. Elizabeth is middle aged and he's twenty something. But they fall in love. He has another woman in his life, someone closer to his age. He came to Harlem looking for her. She's changed from a country girl to a worldly woman. Who will he choose?
Rating: - A REAL sister act - done to perfection
I first caught "The Old Settler" on TV several years back and enjoyed this comedy-drama thoroughly. I was thrilled to find out it was available on home video. Starring one of my favorite actresses, the beautiful Phylicia Rashad and her equally talented sister, Debbie Allen (who directed), "The Old Settler" is the story of a Harlem spinster in her late 40s-early 50s (Rashad) who sees a last chance at love and marriage when she meets a younger man in his early 20s named Husband (Bumper Robinson), ... Read More
Rating: - One of the best
I ran across this movie quite by accident, and I am glad that I did. I really loved it. The acting by the sisters,(Allen and Rashad) were nothing short of outstanding. My only thing is at the end, I wasn't sure whether or not Husband was reluctant to meet up or if Ms Rashad's character changed her mind. I like to feel that the military probably caught up with him and took him.After all, it was during the Second World War, and not many were exempt from service. That was my only concern. Other than ... Read More
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