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Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After 22 years, the children are reunited with their birth mother, bringing deeply submerged resentments and misconceptions to the surface, and forcing the characters to reexamine their identity and relationships in both comical and poignant situations.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes47%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Chi Muoi LoDirector
- Chi Muoi LoWriter
Cast
- Paul WinfieldHarold Williams
- Mary AliceDolores Williams
- Sanaa LathanNina
- Chi Muoi LoDwayne Williams / Sap
- Lauren TomMai
- Kieu ChinhThanh
- Tyler ChristopherMichael
- Tzi MaVinh
- George WallaceJames
- William ThomasDouglas