Claudine

Claudine

1974
Drama
1h 32m
Claudine tries to provide for her six children in Harlem while on welfare. She has a romance with Roop, a cheerful garbageman she meets while working on the side as a maid. (imdb)
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Claudine

1974
Drama
1h 32m
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Rated 07 Jan 2021
5
93rd
For most of the duration I couldn't wipe the big goofy grin from my face, which I suppose means at the very least a successful romantic comedy. But this film's true elevating powers are its warm depictions of a black community in a specific time and place, and a cognizance of economic disparity, welfare indignity, and plain discrimination against black parenthood, which are realities that unfortunately can't yet be deposited into the time capsule with Jones's wardrobe.
Rated 19 Apr 2019
86
86th
Now this is good stuff. Funny and insightful. A rarity in film in the way poor people are depicted especially given that other American films of this era are more concerned about wiping the scum from the earth (the characters that Live in this flick no doubt!)
Rated 23 Apr 2013
70
53rd
Believable characters is what makes this movie good.
Rated 15 Nov 2017
88
94th
It's unfortunate how rare it is for a film to treat the working class (especially welfare recipients) in such a warm, positive light. Claudine is an honest, funny little film with great performances from James Earl Jones and Diahann Caroll.
Rated 21 Sep 2018
65
43rd
Not bad for it's time I think it's fairly accurate what being on welfare is like Carrol and Jones were good together But in my opinion Lawrence - Hilton Jacobs stole the show as a young angry black man
Rated 07 Oct 2019
82
70th
Em honra de Diahann Carroll (1935–2019) filme #2. Dramédia bem realizada que se sustenta sobretudo pelos ótimos atores, desde os icônicos protagonistas até as crianças, a trilha sonora a cargo de Curtis Mayfield e Gladys Knight & The Pips. Por esse filme Diahann Carroll conseguiu uma merecida indicação ao Oscar de melhor atriz, mas perdeu para a Ellen Burstyn de Alice não Mora Mais Aqui. HDTVRip REGRET.
Rated 23 Aug 2022
7
94th
black fuckin' borzage, ram it up my veins. trying a little tenderness amidst the fatigue of enduring poverty in a racist system; nearly as romantic as it is enraging, despairing. brains are still leaking out my ears from finding out carroll got nominated by the academy for best actress, next to rowlands in INFLUENCE, dunaway in CHINATOWN and burstyn in ALICE! she absolutely belongs in that company on merit, but for the average academy voter this must've been like visiting an alien planet.
Rated 11 Feb 2023
78
89th
A movie about two people and no answers and I was fine with it because every single person in this movie felt real.

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