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Coming Home

Coming Home

Drama · Romance · War · 1978

In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

Movie details

Coming Home

“A man who believed in war! A man who believed in nothing! And a woman who believed in both of them!”

1978 Drama · Romance · War 2h 7m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Coming Home?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Hal Ashby

Written by

Nancy Dowd · Waldo Salt · Robert C. Jones

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda

Sally Hyde

Jon Voight

Jon Voight

Luke Martin

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

Capt. Bob Hyde

Penelope Milford

Penelope Milford

Vi Munson

Robert Carradine

Robert Carradine

Bill Munson

Robert Ginty

Robert Ginty

Sgt. Dink Mobley

M

Mary Gregory

Martha Vickery

Court is in session

Put Coming Home on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.