Review of Coming Home (1978) by Codie E — 08 Dec 2009

Passion, power, truth, anger. There are not many films that can present and get such a response from a viewer but this is one of them.

This review of Coming Home (1978) was written by Codie E on 08 Dec 2009.

Coming Home has generally received positive reviews.

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