Home Again
Open Road Films (II) | Release Date: September 8, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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11
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12
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38
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliSep 11, 2017
I’m not predisposed to like movies focused on hollow characters floating in their own bubble of self-absorption, whether they’re men (Entourage) or women (Sex and the City), and as soon as I realized that’s what Home Again was offering, I knew I was in for a long 97 minutes. Unfortunately, I was right. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaSep 7, 2017
Yes, the casual-chic interior designs shine as much as her mom’s ever did. But I never really felt at home with Home Again. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 7, 2017
It’s the dullest movie about Tinseltown in decades, an irritating film full of irritating turns. Read full review
38
Rolling StonePeter TraversSep 6, 2017
A patently bogus romcom in which every note rings false. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTom RussoSep 6, 2017
Home “again”? It seems that first-timer Meyers-Shyer isn’t setting so much as a piggy toe beyond familiar territory, and this listless rom-com shows it. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisSep 13, 2017
To be fair, not even Meg Ryan’s nose-scrunch, Kate Hudson’s sass, or Julia Roberts’ million-dollar smile could jolt this muddled rom-com to life. Read full review
30
The New York TimesManohla DargisSep 6, 2017
For her directorial debut, Home Again, Hallie Meyers-Shyer, Nancy Meyers’s daughter, has made a shabby copy of a Nancy Meyers romantic comedy. Read full review
30
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeSep 5, 2017
Despite the powerhouse presence of Reese Witherspoon, this limp little midlife crisis comedy leaves out the comedy and the crisis, and it certainly never comes to life. Read full review
30
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 5, 2017
Once Nancy Meyers went out on her own, she became a wittier and more nimble filmmaker. So maybe Hallie Meyers-Shyer will follow in her footsteps and improve. Right now, she’s got nowhere to go but up. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschSep 5, 2017
Flatly staged, patchily acted and hobbled by a script (by Meyers-Shyer) that substitutes strained cuteness for wit and texture, Home Again is like a feature-length sitcom sans laughs. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSep 7, 2017
Home Again is plain vanilla, from start to finish. Read full review
20
Paste MagazineOktay Ege Kozak Sep 15, 2017
The problem with director and writer Hallie Myers-Sheyer’s film is that it just blandly presents all of the expected cliches of the genre without anything really new or unique to say. Read full review
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