Claudine
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Movie Reviews of Claudine
Movie Review: I Looked For This Movie For Years
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember when CLAUDINE first came out. I was a pre-teen growing up on the South Side of Chicago. I think it was my babysitter who took my sister and I to see the movie. We LOVED it. We wanted to see it over and over, but of course we couldn't; we were children. Who was going to keep taking us to the movies?When the movie finally got to TV, I had to see it, but it wasn't the same. My sister and I, who almost knew the movie word for word, would ask, "Where's the part where..." It was so edited. Still, when able to do so, I did copy the TV version. Any version was better than no version.
I was so happy when videos came out. I said to myself, "I can finally see the UNCUT version of CLAUDINE.
When my aunt got her first recorder, a Betamax, we would go to the videostore, I think it was called Errols, and check out the maximum number of videos you could. From those early times I searched and searched and asked and asked for CLAUDINE. I looked through that huge video directory that would be in the store, but it was NOT listed and most of the people I asked didn't know what I was talking about. I could not understand why it couldn't be found. I wanted to write in to that question section in the front of the Parade magazine to ask why CLAUDINE wasn't in video format, but I never did.
Imagine my surprise and delight when I walked into Blockbuster yesterday around midnight, and there was CLAUDINE. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I checked it out, and when I got home, though it was after midnight, I not only watched it once, I watched it a second time with the commentary from some of the actors. I am now older than "Claudine" was in the movie, but I STILL absolutely LOVE it and I LOVE the soundtrack!
James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll have the best chemistry in this movie.
Of course I'm going to buy it, not just for myself, but for my sister and one of my aunts, too.
I highly recommend this movie. It is HEART-WARMING and just WONDERFUL.
Movie Review: Makes me cry everytime...
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought a copy of the DVD from Amazon a couple of months ago...and I cannot tell you how many times I have watched it since. I am a child of the 70's and all themes and settings in the movie are a part of my childhood. I remember playing outside on the sidewalk in Harlem and just being kids. This movie makes me cry everytime it ends! When I have nothing to watch on TV I pop it in the DVD player and pour a glass of wine and just think back. This movie shows the strength and fortitude of two people trying to work themselves up in life in spite of the financial hardships that they face. I don't think Rupert ran out on his children. I firmly believe that those relationships just did not work out for him. Same as Claudine. Granted there were nine children between them but all in all they were two people who happened to find themselves later on in life after they had already acquired so much baggage. The hookers and rodent infested apartments were what many families who lived in the tenements back in those days had to contend with. Overall Rupert was a hard working honest man. Claudine just wanted a good life for her children and that showed in how she went to work while she was collecting welfare. The soundtrack is amazing. I just downloaded it and I listen to it over and over again. 'Be Invisible' is my favorite tune, the music and lyrics are so true to life. Soundtrack and movie are fabulous. This story does have a happy ending and that's what makes it all come together in the end.Movie Review: Classic 70's Music
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great movie, but i'm reading a few of the reviews here and the one written by the user Taperpowell especially caught my attention. Did we actually watch the same movie here because this movie seems to have totally gone over your head. What crass commercialism are you talking about? This movie hardly has any cussing, absolutely no violence and one tame love scene so I have no idea what you're on about. Another thing, this movie is absolutely NOT a Blaxploitation film. I am sick of older black movies being labeled as that. I actually enjoy the Blaxploitation genre but this film does not fit in that category at all. Most blaxploitation films are low budget, include enourmous amount of nudity, violence, sex and usually involve pimps in the storyline. No, this film is none of that. This film is just a movie about a woman with six kids trying to work hard in order to provide for herself and her family. I will agree that the romance between Claudine and James Earl Jone's character moves too fast, I wish more time had been taken to develop that and I wish the movie had been a bit longer, but this is BY FAR one of the best black movie's or family movie's period of this time and still holds up until this day. The characters are likeable and the the movie is well written and directed. It holds your interest the entire time. The soundtrack is great too. Gladys Knight & The Pips and Curits Mayfield are a match made in heaven and provide perfect music for this movie.Movie Review: A great movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Claudine is one of my all time favorite movies. I love the story which resonates with stories of today. What I loved about Claudine were the characters, and the bold statements the movie made. The movie discussed issues not only dealing with Black America, but also with poor America. The story discusses such controversial topics as minimum wages, jobs (and the lack there of), sexuality, teen pregnancy, race, sterilization, masculinity, welfare, basically you name it and the movie talks about it.
But what I love most is Claudine. She is bold and has a lot to say. She knows her struggles and is not disillusioned as the government would like to think. She battles the system while trying to raise her family. However, the story does not let it stop there, this is a love story. I think many people would like to think that a woman with six children should not be worried about a new love interest, but Claudine goes there.
I cannot say it enough, buy Claudine it should be a part of your movie collection. Maybe with the sales of this they will put more Black movie classics on DVD.
I also think Diahann Carroll does a stunning job...I am waiting for more of her movies to come out on DVD, like Sisters(?) has anyone seen that movie or knows what I am talking about.
Movie Review: Oscar Material, if any.
Summary: 5 Stars
A crowning achievement, if ever. Diahann Carroll steps out of character, as she portrays a welfare mother exploited the system. James Earl Jones, one of hollywood's finest actors, plays a fantastic part; a part in which you can feel an emotional vibe, because two black people in the mid-70's is still victimized by social injustices of our time. It shows how two people, although victims of poverty can feel real love; and, how 6 children on welfare, whom are fatherless become defensive and lash-out at the world.The acting in this movie is superb, from Diahann Carroll, the character we knew as Julia can get down-and-dirty; James Earl Jones, who'd been over-looked by Hollywood for years, is so convincing, that you want to smile at your garbage man the next day. Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, who was so funny in Welcome Back Kotter, now shows another side of his acting ability, as he plays Charles, the oldest of 6 children, who is so fed-up with the system he has a operation to avoid having children.
And, the music is so typical of Curtis Mayfield, a composer who was ahead of his time, blends a combination of styles from "On-and-On" to "The Makings of you", in a master-piece, similar to what he'd done in Superfly. This is a must-see movie!