Homecoming (2009)

A jilted ex-girlfriend plots revenge after her former beau comes back to their hometown with a new lover.

Director:

Morgan J. Freeman

Writer:

Katie L. Fetting

Stars:

Mischa Barton, Matt Long, Jessica Stroup

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mischa Barton	...	Shelby Mercer
Matt Long	...	Mike Donaldson
Jessica Stroup	...	Elizabeth Mitchum
Michael Landes	...	Billy Fletcher
Allen Williamson	...	Adams
Joshua Elijah Reese	...	Billick
Nick Pasqual	...	Davis
Joe Forgione	...	Elfman
Alex Hooper	...	Jablonski
Cassandra Nentwig	...	Monica
Danielle Simone	...	Jackie
Hunter Seagroves	...	Eddie
Robert Haley	...	Lloyd Christiansen
Mary Decaro	...	Taylor (as Mary Griffin)
Amanda Jane Cooper	...	Aleisha

Storyline

Mike was the star quarterback in a blue-collar small town where football is everything. After receiving a scholarship to Northwestern University, he returns home over Christmas break and everyone is surprised to see him with a new girlfriend, Elizabeth, a pretty rich girl from Chicago. No one is more shocked than Mike's homecoming queen ex-girlfriend, Shelby, who desperately wants Elizabeth out of the picture. After a freak car accident leaves an injured Elizabeth at the mercy of Shelby, all hell breaks loose as Shelby does everything it takes to get Mike back.

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Plot Keywords:

football | football player | pennsylvania | new girlfriend | motel | 

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Taglines:

A girl never forgets her first love...

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Sport | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 September 2009 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Besessen - Fesseln der Eifersucht

Filming Locations:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$8,500,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Animus Films, Paper Street Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Mike and Shelby are alone in the bowling alley, she pours him an Iced Tea. As the conversation continues, his drink switches to his right and his left. When it's on his right, it's appears to be a Coke. When it's on his left, it's an iced tea again.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince/(500) Days of Summer/Homecoming (2009)

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Soundtracks

Capturing Moods
Written by Jenny Lewis / Blake Sennett
Performed by Rilo Kilery
Courtesy of Saddle Creek Records

User Reviews

Flawed 'Misery'-esque thriller with reversed gender

When they arrive at his home town for a big celebration, a man's girlfriend is captured by his psychotic ex and tortured for stealing him away from her while he and his friends race to save her before it's too late.

This one here is a rather curious thriller rather than an out-and-out horror effort. One of the main issues with this one is the really bland pacing, which has the abduction placed oddly later in the film than it should because it deals with the useless extraneous moments in the film where she's dealing with outside issues that have nothing to do with the main torture scenes. The majority of the scenes consist of either her attempting to get away only to be stopped without any kind of true punishment offered only to repeat the process again or his friends telling him to get on with his life, and it manages to plod along lifelessly instead of generating any interest. Rather than doing any kind of physical, damaging torture, it features only knock-outs or drugging and carries on in a series of lame parts that give off a thriller feel more than a true horror film, and the painful, agonizing moments of her trying to win him back or pining over a rejection don't help this one much. The finale does have some pretty decent moments, including the clever discovery of the kidnapping, some brutal confrontations down in the basement and a rousing conclusion, but it's all too claustrophobic and confining to really get where it could've gone. This is just too flawed and has too little right about it to really be of any importance.

Rated R: Language and Violence.