Mr. Church
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| Directed by | Bruce Beresford |
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| Written by | Susan McMartin |
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| Music by | Mark Isham |
| Cinematography | Sharone Meir |
| Edited by | David Beatty |
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104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million |
| Box office | $685,780 |
Mr. Church is a 2016 American drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Susan McMartin. The film stars Eddie Murphy as the title character with Britt Robertson, Xavier Samuel, Lucy Fry, Christian Madsen and Natascha McElhone also starring. The film debuted on April 22, 2016, at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released on September 16, 2016, by Cinelou Releasing and Freestyle Releasing.
Charlotte "Charlie" Brooks (Britt Robertson) lives with her single mother Marie Brooks (Natascha McElhone) in a small beat-up apartment. She is awakened by cooking that smells like heaven, to find a stranger named Mr. Henry Joseph Church (Eddie Murphy). Charlie doesn’t like this mysterious man in her house. Marie agrees with Charlie to get rid of him until she finds out he was hired by Marie's deceased ex-lover to take care of her for six months because she has breast cancer and only has six months to live.
Six years later, Marie is still living and Mr. Church has become a fixture in the household. Charlie (now Britt Robertson) is a senior in high school and now aware of her mother's cancer. Charlie grows distant from her mother and closer to Mr. Church because of her inability to come to terms with Marie's impending death. Marie lives long enough to see Charlie go to prom with her dream guy Owen (Xavier Samuel), but dies soon after.
Mr. Church stays with Charlie after Marie dies. Charlie gets accepted to Boston University but cannot afford to attend. Mr. Church gives her an envelope containing five thousand dollars for tuition–the money he saved from coupons Marie gave him. Charlie runs into Owen sometime later and he tells her he is going away to college.
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