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After her mother's death, Clara, a middle-aged attorney, returns home to Savannah, where she begins to realize how much she misses her roots...
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Maudlin and utterly forgettable
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Alfre Woodard | ... | Clara |
 | Helen Shaver | ... | Wallis |
 | Mary Alice | ... | Mattie (as Mary Alice Smith) |
 | Blair Underwood | ... | Magic Man / Thomas |
| Charles Weldon | ... | Al 'Alfred' Brooks |
| Leslie Carlson | ... | Professor |
| Peter Haworth | ... | Will |
 | Stephen Joffe | ... | Jamie |
 | Kaleigh Nevin | ... | Alexa |
| Maria Ricossa | ... | Philomena Parnell |
| Jackie Richardson | ... | Marianne Brooks |
 | Steve Cumyn | ... | Kevin |
 | Sergio Di Zio | ... | Attorney |
| Barbara Mamabolo | ... | Celia |
| John Stoneham Sr. | ... | Slave Owner |
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MAUDLIN AND UTTERLY FORGETTABLE
This is a Hallmark-made "family" movie which means that it's maudlin to the point of being almost nauseating.
Clara is a single, successful, black, female attorney living in Savannah, Georgia. When her mother dies Clara returns to her childhood home and searches for closure. Her mother was an uneducated woman with a talent was telling fantasy stories. Clara saw her mother as a poor, ignorant and superstitious black woman. The remainder of the movie is the journey whereby Clara comes to understand that even ignorant and superstitious mothers have value! (I'm being sarcastic!)
The movie is "uber" (overly) politically correct. Clara is black. Her mother lived with a white family who loved her. The victim in the film is a black man who is accused of attacking a young white boy but who, it turns out, actually saved the child's life, All this allows Clara to achieve closure and everyone else to live happily ever after.
It's a mindless way to spend 90 minutes.