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Losing Isaiah
Description
The natural and adoptive mothers of an African-American are involved in a bitter, controversial custody battle.
The natural and adoptive mothers of an African-American are involved in a bitter, controversial custody battle.
Actors:
Jacqueline Williams,
Daniel Nudelman,
Glenda Starr Kelly,
Gaby Santinelli,
Joan Kohn,
Jaqueline Fleming,
James Ike Eichling
Jacqueline Williams
Daniel Nudelman
Glenda Starr Kelly
Gaby Santinelli
Joan Kohn
Jaqueline Fleming
10 September 1977, Copenhagen, Denmark
James Ike Eichling
Genre:
Drama
Country:
United States
Keywords:
#Cuba Gooding #David Strathairn #Halle Berry #Jessica Lange #Jr. #LaTanya Richardson #Losing Isaiah #Regina Taylor #Samuel L. Jackson #Stephen Gyllenhaal
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Movieline
January 09, 2002
Although Halle Berry makes a creditable effort to play against her glamorous image, she's no match for Lange.
Palo Alto Weekly
May 20, 2003
TV movies get no worse than this.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
This drama about interracial adoption is serious and affecting, thanks in large part to the presence of its two magnetic stars.
January 01, 2000
It reminds us that life is seldom tidy, work is always left to be done. And the resolve of these good people to do that work swells the heart.
June 18, 2002
Losing Isaiah transcends the custody issue and finds drama in the black-white polarities that neither character can escape.
September 03, 2008
Despite the fine leads and some well-crafted scenes, Losing Isaiah is apt to make viewers angry and frustrated no matter where they stand on the issues.
Variety
September 03, 2008
The material is emotionally wrenching, but the actors play sociopolitical totems more than flesh-and-blood characters.
Moviehole
April 27, 2003
Lange is outstanding...very rewarding
January 01, 2000
Thought-provoking and dramatically-solid.
August 30, 2002
Effectively dramatizes the clash of ideas and ideals in adoption cases.
September 03, 2008
This is an absorbing and involving picture, but the terms propounded here limit the story, which depends almost entirely on emotions rather than on thought.
January 01, 2000
While the subject may be controversial enough to merit an Oprah free-for-all, this evenhanded melodrama is neutral to a fault.