Bruce Beresford, the director of �Driving Miss Daisy,� returns with another film about a benevolent and infinitely patient black man who brings sweetness and light to the lives of white people. Eddie Murphy plays the title role in the movie, "Mr. Church", that of a cook who is sent to the home of Marie Brooks (Natascha McElhone), a cancer patient and single mother of a ten-year-old daughter, Charlie (Natalie Coughlin), whom she�s raising alone. The action is set in Los Angeles in the nineteen-seventies. Mr. Church, a fine cook, is also an excellent artist, anMr. Church
Genre: Drama Released on: 2016 Directed by: Bruce Beresford Starcast: Eddie Murphy, Natascha McElhone, Britt Robertson, Xavier Samuel, Natalie Coughlin
accomplished jazz pianist and a literary connoisseur. He is at the Brooks home with Marie and Charlie all the time, from early morning until late at night. His cherished private time hardly leaves a moment for sleep. Mr. Church sees the now teen-age Charlie (Britt Robertson) off to college; and after a while she returns home pregnant. Mr. Church takes her in. The sentimental vision of improvised families is based on the total commitment and total dependence of a black man whose deferential manner reeks of subjugation and fear. Though the drama is repellent, Murphy is brilliant even when doing nothing, and the movie�s only redeeming moments capture his preternatural grace in the simplest actions. Amazingly, Mr. Church represents his first real lead as a dramatic actor in over 30 years into his reel life career. The best that can be said for this coming-of-age summary is that it shouldn�t be his last; Murphy is amazing in it, creating a dramatic counterpart to all those comedies that have squandered his talent. Watch this movie once for Eddie Murphy, I promise you won�t regret.
The movie is full of delectable dishes, but we chose to present you a beverage this time which has played a significant role in the movie, a lemonade with Mr. Church�s signature twist, that is Lemonade with Licorice.
Lemonade with Licorice
Ingredients 1 � cup� � � � � � � Lemon Juice 1 � cup� � � � � � � White Sugar 2 tbsp� � � � � � � � �Pink or Black Licorice Liquor 8 cups� � � � � � � � �Water
Method
- In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until chilled.
- Remove seeds from lemon juice, but leave pulp. In pitcher, stir together chilled syrup, licorice liquor, lemon juice and remaining 7 cups water.
- Serve chilled.
