Coming Home Again
Outsider Pictures | Release Date: October 23, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
RogerEbert.comCarlos AguilarOct 23, 2020
Amid the trauma that the co-leads undergo, Wang examines the rips and repairs in the connecting tissue between us and the people who, through their action or inaction, mold us into who we are. Read full review
83
IndieWireRyan LattanzioOct 23, 2020
Chiseled as a haiku, director Wayne Wang’s Coming Home Again opens a window onto dying days in all their ugliness, but also onto their possibility of redemption for a mother and son. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustOct 27, 2020
Sometimes when the moment comes to reconcile our feelings, we freeze or fumble the opportunity; other times, when we finally process the emotions and can articulate the thoughts, it is too late to communicate them. Coming Home Again, sweetly, sometimes painfully, evokes this experience. Read full review
80
TheWrapSteve PondOct 24, 2020
An elegant chamber piece that deals with big issues – life, death, family, guilt, grief – in a beautifully austere way, Coming Home Again rarely raises its voice, but it cuts deeply. Read full review
80
Screen DailyWendy IdeOct 23, 2020
The restrained, austere filmmaking of the latest picture from Wayne Wang belies the emotional depth of this sober picture. Read full review
70
VarietyTomris LafflyOct 23, 2020
While this is not exactly a premise with mass appeal, Wang’s movie is still an unassuming exercise, defiantly in contrast to Hollywood’s typically over-sentimental terminal illness fare. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGlenn KennyOct 23, 2020
Wang — using a direct, unadorned shooting style — along with his cast (Justin Chon, who’s been around for some time, makes a strong impression as Chang-rae) put them across with unusual integrity. Read full review
67
The Film StageMark AschOct 23, 2020
Coming Home Again is all the more affecting for its bald artlessness. The film’s sentimentality is totally naked, almost embarrassing, and very moving. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungOct 23, 2020
It’s a far cry from dreary or depressing, but it also doesn’t offer any easy way to enter its emotional territory. Viewers who have gone through the experience of taking care of an ailing parent or relative may identify more fully with the slow-moving story. Read full review
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