Clara's Heart
Warner Bros. | Release Date: October 7, 1988 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
3
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38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Here is a bad movie into which a great character seems to have dropped from another dimension. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneJohanna Steinmetz
As directed by Robert Mulligan, the stately pace here feels sluggish and the music is no elegiac Pachelbel's "Canon" but a medley of dreadful cocktail lounge piano and swooning strings. [21 Oct 1988, p.G]
25
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Whoopi Goldberg here made her first stab at drama since her film debut in The Color Purple, and it's simply appalling. She's mawkishly maternal, and her patois is about as convincing as Lionel Richie's. Read full review
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