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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

Play trailer Poster for Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael PG-13,  1990,  1h 38m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 54% 13 Reviews Tomatometer 46% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
54% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 46% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. And returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
2/4
There's enough material here for several movies, but none of them turns into this one. Go to Full Review
Kat Halstead Common Sense Media Jul 20, 2026
3/5
This is a quintessential Ryder role—a smart, caring outcast smothered in baggy black clothing and a desire to escape the mundaneness of small town life. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Mar 28, 2025
2/4
...an often excessively deliberate drama that grows less and less compelling (and more and more tiresome) as it unfolds... Go to Full Review
Grant Watson Fiction Machine May 1, 2024
7/10
A pleasant way to re-experience the early phase of Winona Ryder’s career with a nostalgic frame of mind. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Oct 26, 2022
A film that doesn't bore, not even for a moment. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Aug 18, 2004
3/5
Focuses on the adolescent struggle to define oneself and also speaks about honesty, risk, loneliness, and self-respect. Go to Full Review
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Anakin M May 6, 2017 Wynona Rider is again cast as a social misfit and does it well. Room is all black, reminiscent of Lydia
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Cast & Crew

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Jim Abrahams

Director

Winona Ryder

Dinky Bossetti

Jeff Daniels

Denton Webb

Laila Robins

Elizabeth Zaks

Thomas Wilson Brown

Gerald Howells

Joan McMurtrey

Barbara `'Barbie'` Webb

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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

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Movie Info

Synopsis Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. And returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.
Director
Jim Abrahams
Producer
Penney Finkelman Cox
Production Co
Incorporated Television Company
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 20, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.5M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround
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