Made in America

As another example of an average premise and equal execution "Made In America" doesn't disappoint. Whoopie Goldberg and Ted Danson star as one-time customers of a sperm donor bank that has mistakenly given them a very curious daughter. Entering her mid-teens, their daughter Zora (played affably by Nia Long) discovers she is the product of their unintentional love. While Sarah (Goldberg) wanted a strong, tall black man, she would have settled at least for the last part. Instead, she is introduced to Danson by her intuitive daughter after she uses her friend (played by Will Smith) to steal sperm donor records. The rest of the film is pretty much by-the-book. Father and Mother fight, get along, date, daughter gets weirded-out, parents save daughter from bad decision and hug....fade to credits and cliché song. In between: The movie IS worth watching. I give it crap because it's fairly by-the-book but it's not awful. When I first saw this film I was a fan of Danson from "Cheers" and Goldberg from her one-woman show and guest spots on Star Trek: The Next Generation. I remember being pleasantly surprised by both. Danson is an accomplished actor, best in "Pontiac Moon", and stretches his comedic skills here. Goldberg, on the other hand is best here in dramatic moments. She is warm and vibrant with splashes of real brilliance but it's not enough. It's not that she can't do the comedy at all, she is an incredible comedian, the script just doesn't give her enough to do besides be shrill and clumsy with a smattering of nice. Her few scenes with Danson are worth the time spent watching and make up for their tabloid headlines at the time. As for Smith's performance, this early role wasn't much different than most. Every minute on screen he is a joy, still in his "Fresh Prince" mode here he certainly doesn't disappoint. Nia Long is the real find here. If one person from this film should have been given a better shake than anyone it is her. She is vibrant, funny and worthy of the people she shares the screen with. That says a lot.

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Ted Danson's best work since the last episode of cheers. Whoopie Goldberg really steals the show just like her final speech in Sister act 2. The best part of this movie is when Whoopie gets wrecked by a car because she was late to open up her f*ckin book store. *. I'm surprised Danson's not still trying to milk this movie by mentioning it in episodes of his blockbuster sitcom Becker. This movie should include Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenburg and should entitle, "Three men, my mistake at the sperm bank, and whoopee Goldberg." Despite her lack of eyebrows, Goldberg's performance was more than remember able and will continue to inspire me in my own personal dreams of becoming Made in America. Sincerely, John F*ck

*Watch out my review contains a spoiler, if you have not seen this movie yet, you may not want me to ruin it for you... if you want to find out what the ONLY funny scene in the movie is, read ahead*. My favorite scene in the movie is when Whoopie Goldberg and the guy from "Three Men and a Little Lady" go to a Japanese restaurant and Whoopie Goldberg takes a whole gulp of Wasabie, that's the only funny scene in the whole movie, trust me. Other then that, the movie is pretty lame. I was actually surprised that Whoopie Goldberg was even in this movie, anyways if you want to watch a really bad movie definitely rent this one.

My word, what a funny movie, i was a bit suspect by the cover though, they really didn't seem to click for me, but when you got into the movie, the whole thing just worked (BIG SPOILER) But when you finally realize that Danson was not really her father, it ruined the whole logic of the movie, the audience, well me anyway had gotton used to the idea of them as a family, but then oh no he's not, then when he turned up at the end credits he just looked lost, and that perfect family idea was crushed. Will Smith was brilliant in his campest role ever, and believe me i have my doubts there anyway, but the credits go firmly to Whoopi, who again shone like the true star she is, is there anything this woman can't play. Where is she these days, not still making £100000000 for cartoon voice overs.

Movie is so bad I don't know where to start. I mean it was billed as a comedy yet there was no comedy to be found. I saw this in the theater opening weekend and rewatched again. Sucked the first time and really sucked worse the second time around. Yeah no chance I'd ever sit through that garage again. If you enjoy whoopie than get ready for a whoopie turd cause it sucks. Billions of other choice to watch to someone please escort this movie to the dump please!!!!!!!

This had to be the most flat out EXTREMELY RACIST movie that I have EVER had the DISPLEASURE in seeing! Why does it matter if the father is white?! Why is that such a bad thing?! And on top of that, they had to make him STEREOTYPICAL and a total WHACK JOB! It was nothing but just a huge F-U to white people, and quite frankly should NEVER been made in the first place!

Really very weak indeed. Not in the slightest bit funny, despite being billed as a comedy. In a bizarre kind of way, this is actually a model for the later 'The Kids Are All Right', which was a beautiful and effective film. By contrast, this film screws up the writing, casting, direction and music and is a general disaster from start to finish. Avoid.

Richard Benjamin's 'Made in America' keeps harping on a theme in vogue. According to the script Nia Long realizes that her father was a sperm from a sperm-bank. Whoopie Goldberg - her mother - denies everything. Even that she was born at all. And then comes a white man called Ted Danson and upsets their whole world. So that's the story. Goldberg extravagant performance is annoying. However she and Danson falls in love with each other on the shooting. Will Smith has eyeglass, the script has no gags, and we have to see something else. 4 of the 10.