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Loretta Devine - news / articles


  • Devine still hoping for Waiting For Exhale sequel - 30 March 2012
    -Whitney Houston's Waiting To Exhale co-star Loretta Devine is still hoping for a sequel to the classic film - so the castmates can pay tribute to the tragic singer.-Houston was talking about bringing the four stars of the film back together for a second film before she

Loretta Devine - what members say


  • Eli Stone - Season 1
  • Eli Stone - Season 1 review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor
    Rated - 5.0 stars superb.............................................. 4 October 2008
    ...ding earthquake. The series also stars: Natasha Henstridge - Taylor Wethersby, Loretta Devine - Patti Dellacroix, Matt Letscher - Nathan Stone, Sam Jaeger - Matt Dowd, James...   Read customer review
  • For Coloured Girls
  • For Coloured Girls review by Nan44 from London UK
    Rated - 4.5 stars For Colored Girls 20 December 2010
    ...ncing (although not featured as much in the film) as the magazine executive and Loretta Devine as the community group leader is naturally funny in whatever role she plays. Th...   Read customer review

Loretta Devine - filmography


  • Politics of Love (2011)
    Starring: Brian J. White,  Mallika Sherawat,  Loretta Devine
    Director: William Dear
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Politics makes strange bedfellows, but never stranger than when a sexy, savvy, African-American conservative Republican reluctantly falls for this Democratic counterpart: a beautiful Indian-American Obama campaign volunteer. Sparks fly, tempers flare, heads turn, and romance blossoms for this ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Lottery Ticket (2010)
    Starring: Bow Wow,  Ice Cube,  Brandon T. Jackson
    Director: Erik White
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects, is just an ordinary guy -- until he wins $370 million in the Mondo Millions Lottery. That's the good news. The bad news is, the lottery claim office is closed for the long Fourth of July weekend, so, before he can collect his prize, Kevin is going ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 26 members
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  • First Sunday on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Michael Beach,  Ice Cube,  Chi McBride
    Director: David E. Talbert
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    David E. Talbert makes his directorial debut with this comedy about Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan), childhood friends with a knack for getting into trouble. Despite his continual bad decisions, Durell gets one thing right: he's a good father to his adolescent son. When he learns that ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,461 member
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  • First Sunday - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Michael Beach,  Ice Cube,  Chi McBride
    Director: David E. Talbert
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    David E. Talbert makes his directorial debut with this comedy about Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan), childhood friends with a knack for getting into trouble. Despite his continual bad decisions, Durell gets one thing right: he's a good father to his adolescent son. When he learns that ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 366 members
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  • This Christmas on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Delroy Lindo,  Idris Elba,  Loretta Devine
    Director: Preston A. Whitmore II
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This year, Christmas with the Whitfield's promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,139 members
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  • Book of Love - The Definitive Reason Why... (2002)
    Starring: Loretta Devine,  Denise Dowse,  Bill Duke
    Director: Jeff Byrd
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A therapy-driven comedy, BOOK OF LOVE follows three men who cruise through the 1990s Los Angeles dating scene and end up with broken hearts and shattered dreams. Spilling everything to their therapists, the men's revelations make for entertaining if (for some) uncomfortably familiar viewing.
    1 star out of 5 24% from 5 members
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  • I Am Sam on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Scott Paulin,  Loretta Devine,  Richard Schiff
    Director: Jessie Nelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Actor Sean Penn displays another facet of his versatility as the title character of this inspirational tearjerker--a mentally handicapped father fighting for custody of his young daughter (Dakota Fanning). The child welfare board of his native Santa Monica has taken her from him, worried that at ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 8,154 members
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  • What Women Want - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Helen Hunt,  Marisa Tomei
    Director: Nancy Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director, writer, and producer Nancy Meyers's (THE PARENT TRAP) sophomore directorial effort is a lively screwball fantasy featuring Mel Gibson in his first romantic comedy. Gibson plays Nick Marshall, a high-flying chauvinistic Chicago advertising executive who, like his musical idol, Frank ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,513 member
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  • What Women Want on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Helen Hunt,  Marisa Tomei
    Director: Nancy Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director, writer, and producer Nancy Meyers's (THE PARENT TRAP) sophomore directorial effort is a lively screwball fantasy featuring Mel Gibson in his first romantic comedy. Gibson plays Nick Marshall, a high-flying chauvinistic Chicago advertising executive who, like his musical idol, Frank ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 19,084 members
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  • The Breaks on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Paul Benjamin,  Loretta Devine,  Mitch Mullany
    Director: Eric Meza
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Adopted by an African American family in South Central L.A., Derrick (Mullany) grows up an Irish white boy who thinks he's black! When his mother (Devine) catches him romantically entangled with a woman on her couch, he's thrown out with an ultimatum--he must prove he can do something right. The ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 287 members
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  • Love Kills (1998)
    Starring: Loretta Devine,  Lucy Liu,  Mario Van Peebles
    Director: Mario Van Peebles
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Van Peebles -- one of the hardest working men in Hollywood -- stars as Poe Finklestein, a smooth-talking con man determined to get his hands on the ample assets of Evelyn Weiss, a recently-widowed trophy wife (Warren). However, he soon learns that he's at the back of a long line of relatives and ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 19% from 12 members
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  • Lover Girl on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Tara Subkoff,  Kristy Swanson,  Sandra Bernhard
    Director: Lisa Addario,  Joe Syracuse,  Jo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sweet-toothed Jake (Tara Subkoff) is suddenly abandoned by her mother and winds up travelling to Los Angeles to move in with her sister (Kristy Swanson) who doesn't want her around either. She's taken in by Marci (Sandra Bernhard), who manages the massage parlour next door called Jean's American ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 96 members
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  • Waiting To Exhale on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Whitney Houston,  Angela Bassett,  Loretta Devine
    Director: Forest Whitaker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The adaptation of Terry McMillan's best-selling novel, about four middle-class, African-American friends, and their continuing efforts to find Mr. Right. The story begins with Bernadine, whose husband John calmly announces that he's leaving her -- for a white woman. Furthermore, the wealthy John ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,407 member
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Loretta Devine facts

5 most recent films

Politics of Love - 3 stars
Jumping the Broom - 3.0 stars
For Coloured Girls - 3.5 stars
Lottery Ticket - 3.0 stars
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Eli Stone - Season 1 - 4.0 stars
For Coloured Girls - 3.5 stars
I Am Sam - 3.5 stars
Jumping the Broom - 3.0 stars
What Women Want - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Politics of Love - 3 stars
Love Kills - 1.0 stars
Book of Love - The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs - 1.0 stars
Lottery Ticket - 3.0 stars
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Keith David - 3 times - show films
Ice Cube - 3 times - show films
Janet Jackson - 2 times - show films
Laz Alonsom - 2 times - show films
Malinda Williams - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Salim Akil - 2 times - show films
Nancy Meyers - 2 times - show films
David E. Talbert - 2 times - show films
Tyler Perry - 2 times - show films
John Ottman - 2 times - show films