Jane Fonda,
Jon Voight,
Bruce Dern,
Robert Ginty,
Penelope Milford
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Hal Ashby's 1978 melodrama examines the impact of the Vietnam War on the "war at home" among the men who fought it and the women in their lives. Left alone in Los Angeles when her gung-ho Marine husba... read more
DVD Release Date: April 16, 2002
Stats: 247 reviews
It's hard to divorce this film from its context, namely some considered Fonda's anti-war activism to be ... "un-calculated" would be a nice word ... if it were a word. Out of that context comes this thesis-driven film that puts the anti-war message in the mouths of the soldiers ... read more
I have to say that the reason that I like this movie is the filmmaking is so right on in every aspect. The cinematography, editing, and acting are all top notch and it carried me through the script which, at times, I thought was mind-boggling bad. Jon Voight and Jane Fonda give t... read more
This film is just as good as the Deer Hunter and Apocalypse now as far as Vietnam films are concerned. The acting is first rate, as is Ashby's direction, as always. The world would be a better place if more people had watched this film, i cant understand how forgotten its become!
Top flight acting and a compelling story make this a very worthwhile viewing experience. Jane's character is a great one because of the enormous changes she goes through within the course of the film and she handles them expertly. Such is the skill of all the perfomers that even ... read more
Another returning vet movie (returning theme). Jane Fonda was excellent especially in the late 60's and here through the 70's. A great performance by a young Jon Voigt too. And I was surprised but impressed to see Robert Carradine. I prefer this movie over The Deer Hunter.
One of the best love stories ever, Jane Fonda & Jon Voight really connect. Without actually taking you on the frontline, you still feel as you've seen it; the hurt & the betrayal that the injured soldiers and those returning home from the Vietnam war felt. Wow, it's intense. Jon ... read more
It's Bruce Dern, not Jon Voight, who deserved an Oscar for this movie. Dern makes an otherwise heavy-handed, maudlin story watchable at times...
I had never even heard of this when I saw it so I had no expectations, but I was pleasantly surprised. Jon Voigt was fantastic and I actually appreciated (for once) that ambiguity of the ending.
Not so different from other Vietnam vet studies, but elevated by three quality performances, two unforgettable scenes, and one great song (The Rolling Stones' "Out of Time"). The rest of the songs seem slapped on, and are the film's biggest flaw.
I watched it when it first came out on Laser Disc. I thought it was good movie cause me to ask questions about my beliefs and thinking.
Coming Home is in general an excellent Hal Ashby film which illuminates the conflicting attitudes on the Vietnam debacle from the standpoint of three participants. Full Review
Slowly, disastrously, it reveals its true identity as a three-sided love story about two Vietnam veterans and the one woman who loves them both. Full Review
This movie is a big deal.
Though well acted by Jon Voight and Jane Fonda (who won Oscars), Coming Home is one of Hal Ashby's weakest films, a middlebrow melodrama that wears its political message on its sleeves. Full Review
The performances, undeniably appealing, were deservedly praised, Dern and Voight coming off best. Full Review
A wonderful movie with stellar performances; though Dern is a bit of a caricature.
Cliché piles on cliché to the strains of a garbled '60s soundtrack, but the movie's ending goes some way to recognising its failure. Fonda is magnificent. Full Review
A powerful film about love and war. Oscars for the leads and Bruce Dern deservedly nominated.
Ashby here soft soaps the issue of Vietnam and America's part in it by giving us merely a diluted and melodramatic love story. Full Review
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