CORRINA, CORRINA
A warm, thoughtful family comedy-drama about grief, faith, and healing.
Should You Watch It?
If you want a well-crafted comedy-drama with good humor and a positive portrayal of Christianity, CORRINA, CORRINA is worth your time. Its central question is a serious one: Where does a loved one go after death? The film approaches that question through a grieving child, her atheistic father, and Corrina, their new Christian nanny and housekeeper.
The movie does not offer as full or clear a Christian answer as it could. Still, it gives families an excellent platform for discussing the Christian understanding of death, Heaven, and grief. The content concerns are limited, though the themes of death and racism are mature.
For family viewing with room for conversation afterward, the practical answer is: WORTH THE TRIP.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESAfter her mother’s death, five-year-old Molly Singer stops speaking and struggles to understand where her mother has gone. Molly’s atheistic father is grieving too, even if he will not admit how deeply he longs for answers.
When Corrina, a Christian nanny and housekeeper, joins the family, she brings a different understanding of death, faith, and hope into their home.
Is It Any Good?
Four stars means this is a strong film that succeeds both as entertainment and as a thoughtful family drama. The movie is well-crafted, and its comic elements provide lots of good humor while the story handles grief with seriousness.
The central question gives the film emotional weight, and the contrast between the father’s atheism and Corrina’s Christian faith gives families something substantial to discuss. The film’s main limitation is that it comes up short of clear answers, but its strengths make it an excellent conversation starter.
The Worldview
The film centers on a grieving child’s question about where her mother has gone after death. Molly’s father is atheistic, while Corrina offers a Christian perspective. The movie presents Christian character positively, but its message treats belief in Heaven as a comforting nicety that atheists should not begrudge rather than as revealed truth.
That makes the film essentially relativistic and highly secularized in its Christian ideology. It acknowledges the comfort Christianity can provide without fully affirming the Christian understanding of death. Still, the positive portrayal of Corrina and the film’s focus on grief give parents an opportunity to explain why Christian hope is more than a way to get by.
Jesus says, “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25). That promise gives Christian hope a foundation beyond comfort alone.
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Highly secularized Christian ideology that is essentially relativistic; positive portrayal of Christian character; 2 obscenities & 3 profanities; alcohol use; and, mature themes of death & racism.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Molly struggles with the question of where her mother has gone. What does Christianity teach about death and the hope of resurrection?
John 11:25–26 · 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14The film contrasts Molly’s father’s atheism with Corrina’s Christian faith. Why does it matter whether Christian hope is merely comforting or actually true?
1 Corinthians 15:14–20 · 1 Peter 3:15Corrina’s Christian character affects the family around her. How can the way we live help others see what we believe?
Matthew 5:16 · Titus 2:7–8The story includes mature themes involving racism. What does Scripture say about the dignity and equal worth of people from every nation?
Genesis 1:27 · Acts 17:26The Final Word
CORRINA, CORRINA is warm, funny, and well-crafted, with a positive portrayal of Christianity and few objectionable elements. It does not answer every question about death clearly, but it can help your family begin an important conversation about Christian hope. WORTH THE TRIP.
