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Made in America

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Made in America (1993)

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Reviews Counted:28

Fresh:8

Rotten:20

Average Rating:3.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Sarah is an African-American single parent raising Zora, a bright high-schooler. When Zora discovers that her mom conceived her through artificial insemination, Zora sets out to discover her... Sarah is an African-American single parent raising Zora, a bright high-schooler. When Zora discovers that her mom conceived her through artificial insemination, Zora sets out to discover her father's identity. However, Zora is stunned, and Sarah is alarmed, when the sperm donor turns out to be a very shallow, smarmy, fast-talking car dealer named Hal Jackson -- who's white! Zora wants to get to know her dad better; unfortunately her mother and Hal mix worse than oil and water. But as Sarah and Hal come to accept each other's race and their situation, they begin to see one another in a new light. [More]

Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Nia Long, Will Smith

Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Nia Long, Will Smith, Jennifer Tilly, David Bowe

Director: Richard Benjamin

Director: Richard Benjamin

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This first-time screenplay by Holly Goldberg Sloan feels more like an outline, and director Richard Benjamin doesn't seem to know quite what to do with it.

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Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

A fun time capsule with a very likable cast.

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07/29/07
Neil Cohen
Neil Cohen
Echo Magazine

Has anyone else noticed the apparent subtext that black men are unstable and unreliable, and only a white man can be sensitive to a black woman's needs?

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About the least funny comedy ever created.

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