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  • 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
  • Jumping the Broom
  • Jumping the Broom review by Sonsy from
    Rated - 3.5 stars Good for a Sunday chill out. 7 June 2012
    ...Feel good film. Good laughs. Some great lines especially from Loretta Devine. Predictable but still fun. Suitable for the family to watch....   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 »
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 2 members
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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 64% from 32 members
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  • First Sunday - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Loretta Devine,  Keith David,  Regina Hall
    Director: David E. Talbert
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Urban comedy starring Ice Cube and directed by David E. Talbert. When petty thief, Durell (Ice Cube), finds out that his broke ex-girlfriend is planning to leave the state with the couple's young son, he concocts a money-making scheme to pay off their massive debts. The plan involves Durell and his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 389 members
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  • First Sunday on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Loretta Devine,  Keith David,  Regina Hall
    Director: David E. Talbert
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Urban comedy starring Ice Cube and directed by David E. Talbert. When petty thief, Durell (Ice Cube), finds out that his broke ex-girlfriend is planning to leave the state with the couple's young son, he concocts a money-making scheme to pay off their massive debts. The plan involves Durell and his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,498 member
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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 2,231 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 23% from 6 members
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  • I Am Sam on DVD (2001)
    Starring: S,  Dianne Wiest,  Will Wallace
    Director: Jessie Nelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sam Dawson is a mentally challenged father raising his daughter Lucy with the help of an extraordinary group of friends. As Lucy turns seven and begins to intellectually surpass her father, their close bond is threatened when their situation comes under the scrutiny of a social worker who wants ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 8,509 members
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  • Urban Legends 2 - Final Cut (2000)
    Starring: Loretta Devine,  Jennifer Morrison,  Anson Mount
    Director: John Ottman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The students at Alpine University have staged a competition to see who can make the best horror film. But when production begins on Amy's entry, the actress Sandra is slain by a masked killer and the murder is captured on film. Many of Amy's fellow students believe the murder to be a fake, but when ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,283 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 1,577 member
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  • What Women Want on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Helen Hunt,  Sarah Paulson,  Eric Balfour
    Director: Nancy Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Hot shot advertising executive Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) thinks he's God's gift to women and can get anyone he wants. After an accident he discovers that he can hear what women are really thinking about and is upset that his showing off techniques are not popular with his female colleagues. To ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 19,467 members
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  • The Breaks on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Loretta Devine,  Mitch Mullany,  Lamont Bentley
    Director: Eric Meza
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Hip-hop comedy starring Mitch Mullany as Derrick King, an average guy who's having a very bad day. Derrick lives in a black neighbourhood of Los Angeles - with only one major difference between himself and his 'brothers': he is white. Having been adopted by a no-nonsense black family at a tender ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 293 members
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  • Love Kills (1998)
    Starring: Mario Van Peebles,  Loretta Devine,  Lucy Liu
    Director: Mario Van Peebles
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Evelyn Heiss (Lesley Ann Warren) is a recently widowed socialite, who has taken advantage of her new found freedom to fall for the dubious charms of smooth-talking conman Poe Finklestein (Mario Van Peebles). Whilst the rest of the Heiss family desperately awaits the reading of the will, Poe worms ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 20% from 13 members
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  • Lover Girl on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Loretta Devine,  Kristy Swanson,  Tara Subkoff
    Director: Lisa Addario,  Joe Syracuse,  Jo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jake Ferrari (Tara Subkoff) is a teenage girl who likes candy more than anything else. When she is abandoned by her mother, Jake decides to move in with her sister Darlene (Kristy Swanson). As it turns out, Darlene does not want her either. Jake is stranded until Marcia Guerra (Sandra Bernhard) ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 98 members
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  • The Preacher's Wife on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Gregory Hines,  Denzel Washington,  Loretta Devine
    Director: Penny Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This remake of the Cary Grant/Loretta Young classic 'The Bishop's Wife' tells the story of Henry Biggs (Courtney B. Vance), a preacher who is too busy attending to the needs of his parishioners to pay attention to his wife Julia (Whitney Houston). When he prays for help, he does not expect it to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,061 members
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  • Waiting To Exhale on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Gregory Hines,  Lela Rochon,  Loretta Devine
    Director: Forest Whitaker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Four women use their close-knit friendship to withstand the tests their lives bring them and help them in their search for true love. Savannah and Robin are successful businesswomen but their love lives have suffered. Bernadine thought she had found the real thing until her husband left her for ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,495 member
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Loretta Devine facts

5 most recent films

Doc McStuffins: Friendship Is the Best Medicine - 4.0 stars
Jumping the Broom - 3.5 stars
Politics of Love - 1.5 stars
For Coloured Girls - 3.5 stars
Lottery Ticket - 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 - 3.5 stars
What Women Want - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Love Kills - 1.0 stars
Book of Love - The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs - 1.0 stars
Politics of Love - 1.5 stars
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge - 3.0 stars
Lottery Ticket - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Keith David - 3 times - show films
Ice Cube - 3 times - show films
Anson Mount - 2 times - show films
Ana Gasteyer - 2 times - show films
Grace Zabriskie - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Ottman - 2 times - show films
Nancy Meyers - 2 times - show films
Tyler Perry - 2 times - show films
Werner Herzog - 2 times - show films
David E. Talbert - 2 times - show films