The Women of Brewster Place
by Donna Deitch
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Actor: Mary Alice, Moses Gunn, Olivia Cole, Oprah Winfrey, Robin GivensDirector: Donna Deitch
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-02-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Xenon
Movie Reviews of The Women of Brewster Place
Movie Review: Excellent movie, but awful dvd
Summary: 4 Stars
I was too young to watch this tv movie when it originally aired, but had the pleasure of seeing it when I was older. Oprah plays Mattie, an older woman who is the matriarch of an inner city community called Brewster Place. I can't even pick which performance was the best out of all of them. They're all excellent. Jackee as Oprah's man hungry, love starved friend Etta, Lynn Whitfield as the young mother who loses it all but manages to find herself, Robin Givens as a young and naive girl who moves to Brewster Place to find her black roots, Lonette McKee as one half of a lesbian couple who feels unwelcomed by many in the community, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney as an almost neglectful mother of a brood of rowdy kids, and of course Olivia Cole as the mean and spiteful gossip Miss Sophie. Cicely Tyson has a short scene as Robin's dissaproving mother, but she uses her time to shine with an amazing monologue. A shocking act of violence brings everyone in the community together and gives them the power to fight back against racism, sexism, homophobia, drugs, and other struggles in inner city life. My only gripe and a very big one is how many key scenes are cut out. I won't rehash them since others have done it already, but it's annoying. Instead of buying the dvd, try to catch it on Lifetime or buy the double vhs on Ebay. It's much better when you get to see the movie in it's entirity.
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