Mr. Church

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Movie
German title Mr. Church
Original title Mr. Church
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2016
length 106 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Bruce Beresford
script Susan McMartin
production Lee Nelson
David Buelow
Courtney Solomon
Mark Canton
music Mark Isham
camera Sharone Meir
cut David Beatty
occupation

Mr. Church is an American drama released in 2016 . Directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Susan McMartin . Eddie Murphy plays the eponymous character. Britt Robertson , Xavier Samuel , Lucy Fry , Christian Madsen and Natascha McElhone play other roles. The film is based on the short story The Cook Who Came To Live With Us by McMartin. The film is about a cook who has become a carer and, over the years, a father figure for three generations of women. The film premiered on April 22, 2016 at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released in theaters on September 16, 2016.

action

Charlotte "Charlie" Brooks lives with her single mother Marie Brooks in a small house in California. She wakes up when she notices noises and smells from the kitchen. There is an African-American stranger there who is preparing breakfast. When she tells her mother about this, she replies that the man's name is Mr. Church and that he is her new chef. At first Charlie is suspicious of Mr. Church and urges her mother to fire him. It turns out that Mr. Church was hired by Richard Cannon, a wealthy entrepreneur who had a relationship with Marie. When he died, he built a reserve that was supposed to secure Marie's financial livelihood before she succumbs to breast cancer. The reserve is set up for a period of six months, which corresponds to your life expectancy. Mr. Church explains to her that he has been promised a lifelong salary to look after the family. Marie decides to keep Mr. Church as a cook. Charlie spends her time with her best friend Poppy and her school lover Owen Baxter. She takes the bus to school, accompanied by Eddie Larson, a man who has permanently lost his driver's license for serving a prison sentence for manslaughter in a car accident.

Six years later, Marie is still alive and Mr. Church has become a permanent fixture in the household. He is a talented reader, draftsman, gardener, cook and jazz pianist. Charlie is in senior high school and is now aware of his mother's cancer. Charlie grows up distant from her mother and closer to Mr. Church due to the disease pending over her. Owen, always drawn to Charlie, invites her to the prom. Charlie is unsure if she should go, but Marie promises her that if she chooses, she would still be there to see it. Mr. Church and Marie help Charlie choose a dress. On the big evening, the three of them take a picture as a family and Charlie goes to the ball with Owen. A few days later, Mr. Church picks Charlie up from the bus station to bring her the news of his mother's death.

Mr. Church stays with Charlie after Marie dies. Charlie was enrolled at Boston University but can't afford tuition. Mr. Church gives her an envelope containing five thousand dollars, money he saved from the coupons he received from Marie. He's also giving her a used car as a gift, and she asks Larson if he would teach her to drive. Charlie later meets Owen, who informs her that he is going away to a distant college.

Two years later, pregnant Charlie is at Mr. Church's door. She has returned to take a break from studying. She asks Mr. Church if she can live with him. He agrees on the condition that she adheres to one rule: respect his privacy. Charlie notices that Mr. Church comes home from Jelly's twice a week drunk and cursing. She hides the matchbooks, but these incidents arouse her curiosity. One night a drunk Mr. Church catches her sniffing around and, having broken the rule, kicks her out the door. She leaves the house and meets her old friend Larson in a supermarket parking lot the next day. A boy on a skateboard hits Charlie hard and she falls badly. Larson, who has not driven for a decade because of the incidents, still drives her to the hospital just in time. Mr. Church gets Charlie from the hospital and takes her home again. Charlie names the girl Isabelle after she is born, or Izzy for short, and they live together with Mr. Church. Charlie now works as a waitress.

Five years later, Charlie and Mr. Church Izzy raise a mixed family together. The three attend Larson's wedding, who tells Charlie that he wanted to kill himself that day. He tells her that they saved his life. Charlie gets a visit from Poppy, who has meanwhile arrived in high society through the marriage of rich husbands. Poppy insults Charlie for the lack of independence and that she still lives with her cook. Charlie explains that it was Mr. Church who supported her and her mother, even after her mother exceeded her life expectancy. When Mr. Church falls ill, Charlie takes him to the doctor, who turns out to be Owen. They meet again and resume their relationship. When Mr. Church gets too sick to cook, Charlie takes over the cooking and finds that she has learned a lot while watching Mr. Church cook and giving him a hand. Mr. Church is getting sick and dying of an enlarged heart . At the funeral, Charlie meets the owner of the Jelly's, Frankie Twiggs, and finds out that Mr. Church has played the piano there for almost 30 years. She hands Jelly a piece of Mr. Church's cake, who then says he didn't know Mr. Church could cook. Charlie realizes that Mr. Church was even more mysterious than she thought and that he led separate lives apart. The film ends with Charlie writing the story of Mr. Church's life.

production

In October 2013 it was announced that David Anspaugh would be directing the film from a script by Susan McMartin, with Lee Nelson, David Buelow and David Tish producing art banners under their Envision Media Arts, while Brad Kaplan would produce under Evolution Entertainment. In 2011 McMartin wrote "The Cook Who Came to Live With Us". That was the story the script was based on. In April 2014, it was announced that Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, and Juno Temple were cast in the film. In October 2014, Eddie Murphy joined the cast of the film, replacing Jackson, who was absent due to a scheduling conflict, with Bruce Beresford, who directed the film. Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon joined the project as producers under their Cinelou Films banner. In November 2014, Britt Robertson joined the cast of the film, replacing Temple. Its working title was Cook , but it was renamed Henry Joseph Church , the full name of Murphy's character before it was renamed Mr. Church .

Filming

Filming began on November 24, 2014, in Los Angeles, California . and ended on January 12, 2015.

With a production budget of $ 8 million, it is the cheapest film of Murphy's career.

publication

In December 2014, the first picture by Murphy and Robertson was published. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2016. Warner Bros. Pictures released the film internationally as part of Cinelou Films' six-film deal with the company. Cinelou Releasing took care of home sales. The film was released in the United States on September 16, 2016.

Reviews

Mr. Church received mostly negative reviews, although Eddie Murphy's performance received praise. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film received an average rating of 24% based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8 / 10. On Metacritic , the film received a median score of 37 out of 100, based on 12 reviews suggesting poor ratings.

In his negative review for Forbes magazine , Luke Thompson praised Murphy's performance, but wrote: “It is certainly possible that the real Mr. Church was exactly as pictured and loved his white“ family ”more than anything. But something tells me that it would be more interesting to hear him tell his own story rather than through the eyes of the privileged girl he served and whose life challenges have been so easily resolved all along. ”The film service said,“ The melodrama, set in the 1970s and 1980s, creates a timeless bubble of bittersweet happiness, exhausting itself in the selflessness of the (black) philanthropist. Formally immaculately immersed in cozy pictures and music, the leisurely film pleases itself in neat insignificance. "

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Mr. Church . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Mr. Church . Archived from the original on May 14, 2016. Retrieved on April 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ Sid Perriwinkle: David Anspaugh Is Training To Be a Cook . October 15, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Susan McMartin: The Cook Who Came to Live With Us . Patch Media. October 3, 2011. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  5. ↑ Madison Barnes: TB EXCLUSIVE: UMA THURMAN AND JUNO TEMPLE LOOKING TO JOIN SAMUEL L. JACKSON IN "COOK" . April 17, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ Tambay A. Obenson: Eddie Murphy Team Up With 'Driving Miss Daisy' Director for New Orleans-set drama 'Cook' . In: Shadow and Act . Indiewire . October 22, 2014. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 26, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blogs.indiewire.com
  7. Jump up ↑ Jen Yamato: Britt Robertson Joins Eddie Murphy In 'Cook' . November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  8. ↑ Don Groves: Beresford wraps Eddie Murphy drama . In: Inside Film . May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  9. ↑ Mr. Church . In: Cinelou . Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 21, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cinelou.com
  10. ↑ Susan McMartin: Eddie Murphy . November 23, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  11. ↑ McMartin: 10 YEARS & 23 DAYS… It's A WRAP! . January 12, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  12. ↑ Jennifer Pearson: Eddie Murphy relives the glorious' 70s in retro hat and jacket on set of his movie . In: Daily Mail , November 25, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014. 
  13. ↑ Denise Petski: Eddie Murphy Shows His Dramatic Side In 'Cook' - First Look Photo . December 4, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  14. ↑ Tambay A. Obenson: First Clip + Poster for Eddie Murphy's First Film in Five Years - 'Mr. Church ' . April 23, 2016. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 23, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blogs.indiewire.com
  15. ↑ Dave McNary: Eddie Murphy's drama 'Mr. Church 'Gets September Release . July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  16. ↑ Mr. Church (2016) . Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  17. ↑ Mr. Church reviews . Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  18. ↑ Luke Thompson: Eddie Murphy's' Mr. Church 'Is Not A Comeback To Worship . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  19. ^ Jörg Gerle: Mr. Church . Retrieved September 26, 2018.

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