Coming Home

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Coming Home

R,

1978,

2h 6m,

Drama

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83%

30 Reviews

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83%

5,000+ Ratings

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30 Reviews

83%

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5,000+ Ratings

The wife of a Marine serving in Vietnam, Sally Hyde decides to volunteer at a local veterans hospital to occupy her time. There she meets Luke Martin, a frustrated wheelchair-bound vet who has become disillusioned with the war. Sally and Luke develop a friendship that soon turns into a romance, but when her husband, Bob, returns unexpectedly, she must decide between staying with him and pursuing her new love.

Critics Consensus

Coming Home's stellar cast elevates the love triangle in the center of its story - and adds a necessary human component to its none-too-subtle political message.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Sep 18, 2023

What the film shows us goes against the grain of what it asks us to accept.

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Bob Thomas

Associated Press

Mar 29, 2019

Miss Fonda continues her gallery of sensitive portrayals, Dern is absolutely chilling when he confronts the lovers, Voigt is superb. Despite their efforts and the knowing direction of Hal Ashby, the overall effect is as depressing as the war itself.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Oct 31, 2007

The film has less to do with politics, women's or otherwise, than with a very conventional notion of the redemptive power of mother love. Which would be all right if director Hal Ashby had managed to mount it effectively.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Feb 8, 2024

3.5/4

Terrific performances and mature, sensitive storytelling keep this emotionally charged throughout.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Sep 22, 2022

8/10

With Hal Ashby at the helm, the film also explores very human relationships; these are complicated, believable people, undergoing realistic stresses in realistic environs.

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Michael Ventura

L.A. Weekly

Nov 5, 2021

A beautifully acted love-story -- Jon Voight, Jane Fonda and Bruce Dern are memorable and then some, but the politics that supposedly gave the film prestige hardly remain in its after-image.

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Jan 31, 2019

The best, GREATEST inspiring romance movie ever made!

Rey G

Aug 24, 2018

Coming Home has a very strong second act with the romance being excellent and the sex scene is one of the highlights. The standouts are Oscar winners Jon Voight and Jane Fonda, both giving terrific performances. But the plot is your typical love triangle, the movie lacks sophistication and it's overly on-the-nose - both in its politics and in its particularly over-the-top soundtrack.

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Harry S

Mar 9, 2018

good script and great acting ......easily one of the better movies about the aftermath of the vietnam war on the veterans.

Ron W

Nov 10, 2017

bored to death watching this

Poe S

Sep 3, 2017

Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, and Penelope Milford give top-notch performances in Hal Ashby's remarkably human tale of how the impact of war affects those who return and those who enter into their lives. Jane Fonda is the dissatisfied wife of Bruce Dern, an Army Captain. Once he is deployed she tries to make use of her time by becoming a volunteer at a veteran's hospital. She encounters Jon Voight, a paraplegic war veteran and their relationship unfolds in a majestically rich and torrid way. Voight comes off as brash and unreasonable but adds a tenderness to his performance that takes nothing from his tough exterior. Penelope MIlford is another Army wife who also works in the hospital and shows Fonda a bit of the wilder side of life. The dimensions that this study etches out are profound and enriching. Fonda and Voight took home well-earned Oscars for their performances.

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Finn W

Jan 19, 2017

Gave this one a spin via TiVo recording, digging into the work of Hal Ashby a bit more. The story of a woman trying to do her part by volunteering during the Vietnam War, she falls in love with a paraplegic soldier who was wounded in combat, which naturally leads into the return of her husband and all the drama that this would entail. This is a solid drama and well worth a rental at the very least.

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Hal Ashby

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Jane Fonda

Sally Hyde

Jon Voight

Luke Martin

Bruce Dern

Capt. Bob Hyde

Robert Ginty

Sgt. Dink Mobley

Penelope Milford

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Synopsis

The wife of a Marine serving in Vietnam, Sally Hyde decides to volunteer at a local veterans hospital to occupy her time. There she meets Luke Martin, a frustrated wheelchair-bound vet who has become disillusioned with the war. Sally and Luke develop a friendship that soon turns into a romance, but when her husband, Bob, returns unexpectedly, she must decide between staying with him and pursuing her new love.

Director: Hal Ashby
Producer: Jerome Hellman
Screenwriter: Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: Jerome Hellman Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 15, 1978, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2016
Runtime: 2h 6m

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