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Review

In an impressive debut as both writer and director, Nelson has fashioned a charming, sweet and intelligent romantic comedy-drama and semiautobiography set in the 1950s. Liotta is a single father coping with both the recent death of his wife and raising his traumatized seven-year-old daughter (marvelously played by Majorino). Goldberg costars as their new housekeeper Corrina, who takes the young girl under her wing, and who eventually becomes involved in an interracial romance with Liotta. Both Liotta and Goldberg offer sensitive, understated performances; and the film is thankfully devoid of any hokiness and sentimentality which characterize most heartwarming stories.