Review of Coming Home (1978) by Jack Kroll for Newsweek — 23 Aug 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—he hasn't though, and the results are dramatically incoherent.
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This review of Coming Home (1978) was written by Jack Kroll and published by Newsweek on 23 Aug 2007.
Coming Home has generally received positive reviews.
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