The Women of Brewster Place

1989

Action / Drama

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 94%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 94%
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 1506 1.5K

miniseries woman director tv show

Plot summary

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

Director

Donna Deitch Photo
Donna Deitch

Top cast

William Allen Young Photo
William Allen Young as Eugene 2 episodes, 1989
Barbara Montgomery Photo
Barbara Montgomery as Miss Eva Turner 2 episodes, 1989
Jackée Harry Photo
Jackée Harry as Etta Mae Johnson 2 episodes, 1989
Eugene Lee Photo
Eugene Lee as Basil 2 episodes, 1989
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1.6 GB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 58 min
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2.97 GB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 58 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sundialpictures-01657 8 / 10

Worth Checking Out

This one will be taking up residence in your head days after you watch it. For me, it's Oprah Winfrey's amazing performance as Mattie and David Shire's beautiful underscore. Oh, and the ending will send shivers down your spine and maybe even get you choked up with a tear or two.I looked into whether or not this had been nominated for Emmys and discovered that it was largely snubbed. Sure, it had two nominations, one for Mini-Series and another for. Paula Kelly, but I feel like it deserved a whole lot more. Oprah certainly deserved a nomination, David Shire needed one for his underscoring, and I would've liked seeing some acknowledgment for the cinematography.All in all, it's a great flick.
Reviewed by kevin_robbins 8 / 10

This is a very well done film that isn't perfect but is definitely worth a viewing

The Women of Brewster Place (1989) is a movie I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows a lady who becomes pregnant young and decides to move to the city from the country to raise her son. She goes through the trials and tribulations of being a black single mother with little to no help to make it. As she gets older she helps other people like her who are suffering the struggles of living in the streets in the same neighborhood she raised her son in...This movie is directed by Donna Deitch (Heroes) and stars Oprah Winfrey (The Color Purple), Robin Givens (Boomerang), Cicely Tyson (The Help), Paul Winfield (The Terminator), Lynn Whitfield (Eve's Bayou) and Phyllis Yvonne Stickney (New Jack City).This is a very entertaining story that isn't as dramatic and impactful as similar films like The Color Purple. The acting and script are very good and the circumstances while predictable at times are well though-out and delivered. The storyline starts off with a brutal father/daughter scene. The conversations at the hair stylists were hilarious. The son in this is annoying and the baby sequence is as sad as it gets. The depiction of the ghetto and challenges within are very well delivered.Overall this is a very well done film that isn't perfect but is definitely worth a viewing. I would score this a 8/10 and strongly recommend seeing it once.
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