Homecoming

This movie was so wonderful in so many aspects. I read some of the other comments here and was surprised when some rated it a "bore". Beautifully cast and filmed, it touched my heart. Anne Bancroft has been a favorite of mine since I saw her in 'Night Mother, and she does not dissappoint in this role. I did not know this was based on a book, I'm headed to Amazon to buy it!!

If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and check it out--Your kids will love it too!

I love movies like this, that show how strong & willing parentless children can be to do the right thing, to keep the 'family' together ! Knowing that they are 'just' kids, and trying to find a responsible adult to help raise them (especially the younger ones) was the only choice they had.

If you liked it as much as I did, then you gotta see "Manny & Lo" (with Mary Kay Place) and "A Home Of Our Own" (with Kathy Bates).

I give this movie 3 out of 4 stars. Great cast, excellent plot, but somewhat sluggish.

"Go Anne Bancroft, Go !!"

I read the book in the beginning of the year, because a teacher recommended it to me. Later in the year we watched this in class. Wow all the people really looked like i thought they would. It was an amazing movie. But they edited out some good parts.

I found this movie to be excellent. I know mark jean has done little that I would call quality but I found the cast capable. Bancroft is magnificent as Abby and Kimberlee Petersen held her own in those all-important wordless moments. The premise is shaky but this movie is fun and not in a Garbage Pail Kids way. It is refreshing to see representations of children that are not part of the Hollywood cookie-cutter kid characters. Hanna Hall says only a few lines, but they are gems, just like in real life, the quiet folks always say so much more than the talkers. William Greenblatt and O'Brien do very well also. I can only assume that Bonnie Bedelia and Anne Bancroft were worth their collective weight in gold with all these green kids. There efforts paid off in my opinion. I hope you enjoy.

Normally I am wary of feel-good, sentimental films which are sometimes described as "heart-warming" and usually involve children and/or animals but this one came up trumps. It was on at 2a.m., which is a fair indication of the esteem in which it was held by the television station. Frankly it was excellent, it skilfully portrayed the characters and side-stepped what I usually refer to as "mush". The acting of all concerned was excellent (has Anne Bancroft ever turned in a bad performance?) and I enjoyed it thoroughly. While I will continue to avoid this type of scenario this was indeed one out of the box. The children certainly gave Miss Bancroft a run for her money in the acting department but age and experience won out in the end.