Home Again (2017)

Fantastic!

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Saw the trailer -it looked bad and judging from the reviews most people think it's bad. Not a huge fan of Micheal Sheen and don't buy he would have hooked up with Reese back in the day, unless the guys were really ugly way back.Was hoping it was a smart funny self-critical look at the older woman younger guy/s thing. Some gifted feminist writers can hold up the mirror make you look at yourself, make you laugh, cry and leave you feeling like you want to either slash your wrists or pick your face up off the pavement and go at it again. Judging by the reviews, good and bad, the movie doesn't do that.Its harsh of me I know but anything with Candice Bergen in it is b-grade. If Barbra Streisand was her mother it would have been intriguing, still I'm sure its a light morale booster for 40 somethings -there's nothing wrong with that. Still my thoughts -it's not my cup of tea. Is this a review? No -an assumption!

I like a movie with heart. It's nice not to see a movie without adults in costumes, violence and all the other negative aspects of life. It's a feel good movie with likeable characters. It is what it is. It was better than some Oscar nominated farces I've seen in the past. By the end of the movie it evoked a sense of what life among family and friends should be.

Alice is a single mother of independent means (her late father was an acclaimed film director) living in LA with her two daughters. After a drunk birthday celebration, she ends up with three young filmmakers taking up residence in her guest house. She enters into a sexual relationship with Harry, and the girls get on with all 3 young men. Then husband Austen arrives, looking to reconcile. Meanwhile daughter Isabel is looking for reassurance over a school drama project.This is a very slight entry in the rom-com-ish area, characterised by being quite amiable, but not particularly romantic, and not particularly comedic either. Reese Witherspoon and Michael Sheen have both done better and will no doubt do better in the future. Candice Bergen puts in a good-natured but largely unnecessary cameo as Alice's mom, pausing for a couple of one-liners on her way to collect her paycheck. The 3 lads are all fairly forgettable. Lola Flanery makes an impression as Isabel.The one thing I did like about this film is that one gets used to the romcom formula, and that formula dictated that either the Alice/Austen reconciliation would work out, or else the generation difference romance would work out. So kudos to this film for confounding my expectations in that direction.

There are not enough words to describe this decidedly unromantic, uncomic-like film. Extremely over acted by Ms. Witherspoon and stupidly under acted by all of the others, I highly recommend you do not watch this movie or waste your time. Trust me, you can't get it back and it is not worth it. Never been a true fan of Witherspoon's, but she has done some fairly good work, however, this is so not one of them. Stepping away from a project simply because a woman is directing/writing/whatever shows good taste, not support for bad work. I can't unsee what I just saw...