Product Details

• Actors: Kimberly Elise, Tina Lifford, Camryn Manheim, Damon Gupton, Nicole Ari Parker
• Directors: Lee Grant
• Writers: Grace McKeaney
• Producers: Suzanne Coston, Suzanne De Passe, Suzy Beugen, Tim Shriver
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• VHS Release Date: February 13, 2001
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000056MOE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,266 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loretta Claiborne Story, October 19, 2005

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Gilmore Girl - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Loretta Claiborne Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I liked this movie because Loretta is a girl where everyone is pushing her down and saying she won't make it. Why would they say that? It might have something to do with her mental retardation.

Loretta was trying her best to be a runner but people wanted to take that away from her. I liked this movie because it's lively and it's based on a true story.

Loretta Claiborne is a real person who really runs and mostly everything about this film is true. Loretta did turn down the President. Loretta was tricked. Her mom did have 6 kids as a single mother.

If you look at the cover or back of it, you might think this is going to be so boring. But it is not. It's better than a lot of the movies they come up with nowadays.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt, November 24, 2003

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stella hyman (Bradenton,fla.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Loretta Claiborne Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was extreemly moved by this picture, and was able to relate to it very well, with joy and tears it gives hope.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent script and actors, February 22, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Loretta Claiborne Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)

2/22/04 : This 1999 movie aired on Comcast Cable's "Lifetime Channel":the challenges faced by "special persons",even more so when they are less than normal ,ordinary people but also "more normal than those who are "considerably not normal"-- was significantly examplified with very excellent acting :especially by the character of social worker(actress Camryn Manheim) and the character of Loretta Claiborne(actress Kimberly Elise).