Product Details

• Actors: Moms Mabley, Slappy White, Rosalind Cash, Moses Gunn, James Karen
• Directors: Stan Lathan
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: December 26, 2001
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005R5W2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,580 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Swan Song of Moms Mabley, May 27, 2003

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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amazing Grace (DVD)

Lovers of the legendary Black commedienne Moms Mabley will treasure this film. In a way, it's about everything she stood for. She moves to Baltimore and gets involved when crooked politicans use a confused Black man (Moses Gunn) and his alcoholic wife (Rosiland Cash) as puppets in a phony race. Seventy-plus year old Moms steps in this mess and does her best to straighten things out! I dare anyone who remembers Moms to keep a dry eye when she gives her climactic speech to the students at Morgan State University (a real Black college in Baltimore). It's almost as if she were giving her own eulogy while still giving the students hope to fight for a better tomorrow (she had a heart attack during the filming and died shortly after it was released).

Admittedly, this is a very low-budget film with poor sound. But like I said, if you love Moms, you'll love this.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Love It!, November 23, 2004

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thesavvybamalady "swblkdiamond" (Prichard, Alabama USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amazing Grace (DVD)

I saw this movie on cable a while back and I just laughed myself to the ground. Let me explain this movie; A older lady(Ms Moms Mabley herself, who was a gem and is gone now, but if u was around back in the day, u know what I mean); just happens to live next door to this shady politician(Moses Gunn), who if elected, will take the money slated for that area and use for his own "uses". Somehow, Moms has this fella(Slappy White) who helps her out in her shenanigans by putting up elaborate spy systems so they can hear the politician's business. After his high faluting wife(Rosalind Cash, who was as much a gem and gone too)puts on airs with Moms and some of the neighborhood women, Moms give her something to cry for and she and her husband in time, see the light to turn things around. Folks, this is one good movie; a bit disjointed at times, but you can catch the message just the same; Look for bit parts by Debbie Morgan and some others who are prominent now.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Grace, July 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Amazing Grace (DVD)

Fantastic! What a wonderful movie, blending the old south with the movement of the times. It influenced me to buy it and add it to my collection of American movies.