

“They needed a family. What they got was magic.”
When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople.
Directed by Jessie Nelson, Bernie Goldmann, Ruth Vitale
User score
474 votes

Released
August 12, 1994
1h 55m
English
Budget → Revenue
$12.5M → $20.1M

Whoopi Goldberg
Corrina Washington

Ray Liotta
Manny Singer

Tina Majorino
Molly Singer

Wendy Crewson
Jenny Davis

Larry Miller
Sid

Erica Yohn
Grandma Eva

Jenifer Lewis
Jevina

Joan Cusack
Jonesy

Harold Sylvester
Frank

Steven Williams
Anthony T. Williams

Patrika Darbo
Wilma
Lucy Webb
Shirl

Courtland Mead
Howard
Asher Metchik
Lewis

Don Ameche
Grandpa Harry
Noreen Hennessey
High Heels
Juney Ellis
Miss O'Herlihy

Mimi Lieber
Rita Lang

Karen Leigh Hopkins
Liala Sheffield

Lin Shaye
Repeat Nanny