A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
Acting
Murphy's most restrained, lived-in performance.
Writing
Susan McMartin's autobiographical script.
Score
Jazz soundtrack that becomes character itself.
Director
Bruce Beresford
Eddie Murphy
Henry Church
Britt Robertson
Charlotte 'Charlie' Brooks
Natascha McElhone
Marie Brooks
Xavier Samuel
Owen
Lucy Fry
Poppy
Christian Madsen
Eddie Larson
Mckenna Grace
Izzy
Natalie Coughlin
Young Charlie
Madison Wolfe
Young Poppy
Lincoln Melcher
Young Owen
Thom Barry
Frankie Twiggs
Michael Leone
Michael
Sara Shearer
Gibby
Aileen Burdock
Waitress
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Writer Susan McMartin based this on her real childhood cook who lived with her family for 12 years; she fought for years to get it made.
Bruce Beresford deliberately stripped away Murphy's usual energy, shooting his early scenes without coverage to force him to commit to stillness.
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