Coming Home

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: September 9, 2015

7.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Ratings

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netflicOct 5, 2015

This movie is about waiting for the loved one to come back.
A Chinese intelligentsia family was broken by the Cultural revolution when the husband was taken as a political prisoner. And his wife faithfully waits for him to come back home allThis movie is about waiting for the loved one to come back.
A Chinese intelligentsia family was broken by the Cultural revolution when the husband was taken as a political prisoner. And his wife faithfully waits for him to come back home all her life.
The movie is slow and mild yet powerful and profound. Gong Li (who is in my opinion one of the best Chinese actresses EVER) is back, and her performance is amazing. Overall, this is a touching story of not-so-long-ago history made into a high quality film.… Expand

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LowbrowCinemaSep 16, 2015

Beautifully balanced and perfectly directed, Yimou Zhang's COMING HOME takes bites out of your soul while examining the impact of China's cultural revolution in oh so delicate fashion. Zhang who has made hugely spectacular features is hereBeautifully balanced and perfectly directed, Yimou Zhang's COMING HOME takes bites out of your soul while examining the impact of China's cultural revolution in oh so delicate fashion. Zhang who has made hugely spectacular features is here back in small mode but his topics could not be larger, bigger or greater. And all is held together by the wonderful face of Gong Li. COMING HOME is a lovely, powerful achievement.… Expand

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Brent_MarchantSep 24, 2015

A touching, bittersweet love story set amidst and after the turmoil of China's Cultural Revolution. With superb performances by Li Gong and Chen Daoming, this heartrending drama moves viewers with its probing examinations of regret,A touching, bittersweet love story set amidst and after the turmoil of China's Cultural Revolution. With superb performances by Li Gong and Chen Daoming, this heartrending drama moves viewers with its probing examinations of regret, redemption and reinvention and surprises with its candor about a disruptive, painful period in the nation's history. A nearly perfect film in every regard.… Expand

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TrailesqueApr 19, 2017

I have enjoyed Zhang's films with Gong Li in the past, and this has its good points, but failed to really connect with me. A man, an intellectual imprisoned during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, comes home to his family after 10 years orI have enjoyed Zhang's films with Gong Li in the past, and this has its good points, but failed to really connect with me. A man, an intellectual imprisoned during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, comes home to his family after 10 years or so - but his wife does not recognize him, even though she goes every month to the train station with hand-painted signs, hoping to see him. Thus begins a series of attempts by the man and the daughter of the family to get the Gong Li character to wake up and begin living in reality again. The scenery and acting are fine, but the story began to grow tedious.… Expand

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BroyaxAug 10, 2019

Il y a de l'idée dans ce traitement de l'après-révolution culturelle et cette famille déchirée, victime d'un excès de "rééducation", surtout pour la mère devenue Alzheimer à l'insu de son plein gré lorsque son mari bien-aimé revient enfin auIl y a de l'idée dans ce traitement de l'après-révolution culturelle et cette famille déchirée, victime d'un excès de "rééducation", surtout pour la mère devenue Alzheimer à l'insu de son plein gré lorsque son mari bien-aimé revient enfin au bercail...

Mais l'idée -malgré la toujours belle Gong Li et sa mignonne fille, bon petit soldat des jeunesses hitl... euh communistes révolutionnaires- est trop mal traitée pour que ça débouche sur quelque chose de valable et vraiment regardable. C'est trop mou, trop gnangnan et tellement lent que même une tortue perdrait patience et tracerait la route.

On va pas au bout de ce truc, même en avance rapide... Notons néanmoins (car c'est au début) les chorégraphies, les danses (?!) de la section féminine rouge (ou un machin dans le genre) au cours desquelles les petites camarades nous font un véritable petit ballet martial avec les fusils (sic !).… Expand

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