Home Again (2017)

Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

Director:

Hallie Meyers-Shyer

Writer:

Hallie Meyers-Shyer

Stars:

Reese Witherspoon, Michael Sheen, Candice Bergen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Reese Witherspoon	...	Alice
Michael Sheen	...	Austen
Candice Bergen	...	Lillian
Pico Alexander	...	Harry
Jon Rudnitsky	...	George
Nat Wolff	...	Teddy
Lola Flanery	...	Isabel
Eden Grace Redfield	...	Rosie
Lake Bell	...	Zoey
Dolly Wells	...	Tracy
Reid Scott	...	Justin
P.J. Byrne	...	Paul
Ben Sinclair	...	Nate
Josh Stamberg	...	Warren
Jen Kirkman	...	Kori

Storyline

Alice (Reese Witherspoon), a recently separated mother of two, finds her life upended when three young, charismatic filmmakers move into her guest house. But her unlikely new family and a budding romance come to a crashing halt when her ex-husband shows up, suitcase in hand. A story of love, friendship, and the families we create, "Home Again" is a modern romantic comedy with one very big life lesson: starting over is not for beginners.

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Plot Keywords:

lbd | girl wearing a mini skirt | little black dress | man checking out woman's behind | eye candy | 

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Taglines:

Starting over is not for beginners.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some thematic and sexual material

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 September 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Home Again

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$27,020,284, 9 November 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black Bicycle Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Producer Nancy Meyers, mother of Writer and Director Hallie Meyers-Shyer, originally offered Reese Witherspoon the lead in The Intern (2015), which she turned down. Meyers played a big role in getting this script in Witherspoon's hands.

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Goofs

When Alice goes to visit the guys, Teddy enters at home with an unwrapped bunch of flowers, when they go to the kitchen the bunch is wrapped and once they are in the kitchen the flowers are unwrapped again.

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Connections

References Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

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Soundtracks

He Was Really Sayin' Something
Written by Norman Whitfield, William Stevenson (as William "Mickey" Stevenson), and Eddie Holland (as Edward Holland, Jr.)
Performed by The Velvelettes
Courtesy of Motown Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

It's bad, no I mean it, it's really bad

Let me preface this by say that I love movies, I'm not a movie snob by any stretch. I particularly love Rom-Coms and have been disappointed that they have fallen out of favor over the last decade or so. Some of my favorite movies are cheesy Rom-Coms; Never Been Kissed, 13 Going on 30, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Holiday and even Ghost of Girlfriends Past.

I saw this film as a pre-screener ahead of it's official release. Sometimes they pre-screen movies because they are great and want them to get buzz, sometimes they are really bad, and hope the audience falls in love before the critics get their hands on it. This is bad, really bad. Not just in story, but in acting, directing, editing score; you name it, it's bad. I love Reese Witherspoon and never thought I would see her phone in a performance but here it is. She doesn't so much as act as rolls her eyes and makes goofy faces; it's embarrassing to watch. There are so many cast members here that usually can do no wrong in my book; Candice Bergen, Lake Bell, Michael Sheen. They are given nothing to work with and Michael Sheen's character is nothing more than a cartoon. Nat Wolff is up and coming; I've seen him in a few things and think he's generally pretty good. Thanks to the very poor editing you can see him laughing in two scenes where he's clearly not supposed to be.

The whole film is just embarrassingly bad. You know the movie Mother's Day, how "bad" that is? It looks like an Oscar winning film compared to this. I looked up the movie after the screening, curious how it went so wrong. It's written and directed by Nancy Myer's daughter. Her daughter seems to have no credentials to be able to sell and direct a movie so my thought is that there were a lot of favors and strings pulled and it shows. I wouldn't even recommend watching this movie if you were sick in bed and it happened to pop up on TV.