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Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael

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Original title

Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael

Year

1990

Running time

98 min.

Country

United States

Director

Jim Abrahams

Screenwriter

Karen Leigh Hopkins

Cast

Music

Thomas Newman, Melissa Etheridge

Cinematography

Paul Elliott

Producer

ITC. Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Genre

Comedy | Teen/coming-of-age

Synopsis

Although Roxy left town more than fifteen years ago, her memory has never faded. Her expected return starts to impact a number of lives, including that of her ex-husband Denton Webb. But it is Dinky, the adopted daughter of the Bossettis and ignored by most of her classsmates as a strange loner, who may be most changed. She is convinced she is Roxie's secret child.

Critics' reviews

"An offbeat pic pointlessly oversaturated with grating characters who look like they got lost on their way to a John Waters fan club convention"

Entertainment Weekly
"Though 'Roxy Carmichael' is never as fresh or powerful as it might have been, it is a sweetly engaging film in the Barry Levinson school: just when you think it might fall into a bottomless pit of sentimentality, it stops short."

Caryn James: The New York Times
"The character played by Ryder is really the centerpiece of the story, and she is the best part of this slight story...The rest of the movie is a fairly standard portrait of small-town life"

Gene Siskel: Chicago Tribune
"Fans of Winona Ryder will definitely want to catch her in an offbeat role as the town rebel in this teen-oriented smalltown saga; unfortunately, the rest of the production doesn't quite match up."

Variety Staff: Variety
"Major surgery has been known to take less time and give more pleasure than this forgettable flick."

Jay Scott: The Globe and Mail
"Borderline dreadful waste of potential"

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Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael

1990

Jim Abrahams

4.7

(537)